Thread: ANNOUNCE: Diablo-Turbo first beta available
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maacruz is offline maacruz
2011-06-08 , 17:14
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#411
Originally Posted by many408 View Post
Unit is N800, I'm ok with cli stuff but know more about cp/m than linux.
CP/M instead of *nix? I'm speechless...

Originally Posted by many408 View Post
So I want the turbo kernel and rotation support and all that.
If you want rotation support you need to have CSSU installed first. Have you installed it already?

Originally Posted by many408 View Post
First step seems to be (after downloading all the debs) to install oss-software-version-rx34-unlocked.

apt-get tells me it can't due to a conflict with osso-software-version-variant.

So I'm stuck; help please...
Please paste here the console output of apt-get install

Originally Posted by many408 View Post
Further questions:

I'm updating a kernel - where does that live? On the sd card, or in the n800 internal flash? Do I have to do anything special to make sure the turbo kernel is what is loaded when it boots from the sd card?
The internal flash is divided into 4 partitions. 1st one contains the lock password, R&D flags, which partition to boot from, and other data. 2nd one contains the kernel. 3rd one contains initfs, a small filesystem used when booting, here is where you installed the bootmenu. 4th one contains the main OS partition, this one is used only if you have selected to boot from internal flash.
Since the kernel is the first thing loaded at boot, it'll use the same kernel no matter where you boot from.

Originally Posted by many408 View Post
I have a bunch of stuff on the same card that it boots from - will installing the turbo kernal etcetera remove all that?
Not at all.

Originally Posted by many408 View Post
Sometimes the n800 burps or reboots or something and it goes back to the plain vanilla desktop that I had before I got it to boot from the sd card; I presume that somehow it is getting confused and (re-)booting from there - is that right, is it indicative of a problem, how can I fix it?
It indicates a problem with bootmenu.
If you always boot from the sd card and just use the internal flash as backup, you can uninstall bootmenu and configure the tablet to boot from sd first and flash second. Then, to boot from internal flash, you just pull out the sd card before turning on the device.
Wishlist: hardware hack to put a 3 megapixel camera in place of the 300k one.
Last edited by maacruz; 2011-06-08 at 21:04.