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#21
Originally Posted by ArchiMark View Post
OK, thanks, skykooler.....Installed MacFUSE....also, since posting I setup Debian inside Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac...so, can see disks the way you do now there.....and will use it for following your install instructions...

Do you think it's OK to use the 32GB Class 10 microSD card I bought last week or should I exchange it for a card that is less than Class 10??? (want to avoid any issues with Class 10 cards I've read about on forums here...)

thanks,

Mark
I am using a Class 10 card and have not noticed any issues. I think it is only specific brands that show the problems. If it is working in your phone it is likely to continue working.
 

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I am using a Class 10 card and have not noticed any issues. I think it is only specific brands that show the problems. If it is working in your phone it is likely to continue working.
Thanks....

Well, it's a Patriot brand card....it seems to work on the one hand....ie, I can see card show up in Terminal and use it...but did have problems trying to install NITDroid on it using instructions on one of the other threads...but hard to say if it was due to the card or other reasons...

Guess I'll give it a try to install now on this card and see what happens...I have 3 more days left to go exchange card if I want....
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I'm a bit cnfused about you mentioning uboot and multiboot....

As I understand uboot van directly boot kernels from for example internal flash or from the mmc without reflasging kernels.

Multiboot just flashes a different kernel so that next time the n900 reboots this kernel is started.

Can you explain how your setup works? Does it reflash a different kernel everytime or what?

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Originally Posted by mirakels View Post
I'm a bit cnfused about you mentioning uboot and multiboot....

As I understand uboot van directly boot kernels from for example internal flash or from the mmc without reflasging kernels.

Multiboot just flashes a different kernel so that next time the n900 reboots this kernel is started.

Can you explain how your setup works? Does it reflash a different kernel everytime or what?

thanks!
This is the case. Unfortunately, uboot cannot (to my knowledge) boot the Nitdroid kernel, so I use multiboot for that. Multiboot can flash either the stock kernel, the nitdroid kernel, the power kernel or a version of the stock kernel with uboot installed. Then this kernel is left loaded until the next time I boot with the keyboard open.
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Got Meego installed and running on my 32GB Class 10 card now....

Went on to install Kubuntu....and per instructions:

Code:
2. MeeGo working? Good. Install Kubuntu Mobile.

    Go back to your computer. Launch a partition utility (I used GParted). Format the 8GB microSD card in the following way:
    - A 6.2 GB ext3 partition;
    - A 1 GB swap partition;
    - and a fat32 partition that fills whatever space you have left.
I tried using GParted and having trouble adjusting partitions....

Here's what I got now:

/dev/sdc1 ext4 3.52GB 1.21 GB used

/dev/sdc2 linux-swap 8MB

/dev/sdc3 fat32 512MB 480.51MB used

unallocated 25.8GB


I tried first moving the fat32 partition to the very right of unallocated space and enlarging it to 1GB but I get error message when it tries to do this "There are no possible configurations for this FAT type".

Any suggestions as to how to get my partitions resized?

Thanks!
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Originally Posted by ArchiMark View Post
Got Meego installed and running on my 32GB Class 10 card now....

Went on to install Kubuntu....and per instructions:

Code:
2. MeeGo working? Good. Install Kubuntu Mobile.

    Go back to your computer. Launch a partition utility (I used GParted). Format the 8GB microSD card in the following way:
    - A 6.2 GB ext3 partition;
    - A 1 GB swap partition;
    - and a fat32 partition that fills whatever space you have left.
I tried using GParted and having trouble adjusting partitions....

Here's what I got now:

/dev/sdc1 ext4 3.52GB 1.21 GB used

/dev/sdc2 linux-swap 8MB

/dev/sdc3 fat32 512MB 480.51MB used

unallocated 25.8GB


I tried first moving the fat32 partition to the very right of unallocated space and enlarging it to 1GB but I get error message when it tries to do this "There are no possible configurations for this FAT type".

Any suggestions as to how to get my partitions resized?

Thanks!
I would suggest creating a new FAT partition, and deleting the old one. This is a known bug in GParted that it will sometimes do this with FAT partitions.
 

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Ok, got through editing microSD card partiitions with gparted, Thanks!

Now, got stuck on this part of Kubuntu install.....

Code:
root@debian:/# cp /usr/bin/qemu-arm-static /media/a6c5c4e9-555c-4565-ba1d-ceea8d5a953f/usr/bin/
cp: cannot create regular file `/media/a6c5c4e9-555c-4565-ba1d-ceea8d5a953f/usr/bin/': No such file or directory
root@debian:/#
Any suggestions?

Thanks!
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Originally Posted by ArchiMark View Post
Ok, got through editing microSD card partiitions with gparted, Thanks!

Now, got stuck on this part of Kubuntu install.....

Code:
root@debian:/# cp /usr/bin/qemu-arm-static /media/a6c5c4e9-555c-4565-ba1d-ceea8d5a953f/usr/bin/
cp: cannot create regular file `/media/a6c5c4e9-555c-4565-ba1d-ceea8d5a953f/usr/bin/': No such file or directory
root@debian:/#
Any suggestions?

Thanks!
Your OS may not have automatically mounted the microSD card. Try unplugging it and plugging it back in, or opening it in Nautilus first.
 

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Thanks for your help with the card....

Meanwhile...I'm redoing the Kubuntu install didn't work...but I was in a bit of a rush the other day...so, sure I made some mistakes...

Now, I'm getting the following messages and errors:

Code:
# cp ./meego-modules/* /media/B68E-53AB         
cp: omitting directory `./meego-modules/mnt'
# umount /mnt
# chroot /media/a6c5c4e9-555c-4565-ba1d-ceea8d5a953f/
chroot: failed to run command `/bin/bash': No such file or directory
A. Is there a problem with the first message regarding omitting the directory?

B. I assume that there's some other command missing to setup chroot???

Thanks!
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Originally Posted by ArchiMark View Post
Thanks for your help with the card....

Meanwhile...I'm redoing the Kubuntu install didn't work...but I was in a bit of a rush the other day...so, sure I made some mistakes...

Now, I'm getting the following messages and errors:

Code:
# cp ./meego-modules/* /media/B68E-53AB         
cp: omitting directory `./meego-modules/mnt'
# umount /mnt
# chroot /media/a6c5c4e9-555c-4565-ba1d-ceea8d5a953f/
chroot: failed to run command `/bin/bash': No such file or directory
A. Is there a problem with the first message regarding omitting the directory?

B. I assume that there's some other command missing to setup chroot???

Thanks!
The mnt directory should not be a problem, assuming that when you installed MeeGo you typed cp -r /mnt meego-modules and not cp -r /mnt meego-modules/ (the slash is important). The second part usually means that qemu-arm-static was not found. Did you copy it into /usr/bin on the sd card?
 

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