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HOWTO possibly recover MYDOCS from N900 using rescueOS


THIS MIGHT WORK OR NOT -
IT WORKED FOR ME, MAYBE NOT FOR YOU!
ALWAYS TEST AND THINK YOURSELF!



First, you might want to read this as well (posted as follow message to this one):
(a) HOWTO possibly recover MYDOCS from N900 using rescueOS
(b) HOWTO possibly FIND N900 FIRMWARE RX-51* ON THE WEB
(c) HOWTO possibly flash N900 and get it maybe get it working_again


(0) Have flasher-3.5 installed
download Package (DEB,...) for your Linux System

Alternatively here:
http://web.archive.org/web/201311170...env_downloads/

(1) Download rescueOS
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=75369
http://n900.quitesimple.org/rescueOS/
https://github.com/NIN101/N900_RescueOS

(2) On your Linux PC
REPLACE AND THINK
flasher-3.5 -k zImage -n initrd.img -l -b"rootdelay root=/dev/ram0"
DO NOT SIMPLY FOLLOW THIS EXAMPLE
flasher-3.5 -k 2.6.37 -n rescueOS-1.1.img -l -b"rootdelay root=/dev/ram0"

Code:
OUTPUT SHOWS:
# flasher-3.5 -k 2.6.37 -n rescueOS-1.1.img -l -b"rootdelay root=/dev/ram0"
flasher v2.5.2 (Oct 21 2009)

Suitable USB device not found, waiting.
(3)
(a) HOLD the "u"-key on the N900
(b) press the Power Button on N900
(c) PLUGIN the USB-Cable to the N900

Code:
OUTPUT SHOWS:
USB device found found at bus 001, device address 020.
Found device RX-51, hardware revision 2101
NOLO version 1.4.14
Version of 'sw-release': RX-51_2009SE_21.2011.38-1_PR_MR0
Sending kernel image (1901 kB)...
100% (1901 of 1901 kB, avg. 34575 kB/s)
Sending initfs image (5568 kB)...
100% (5568 of 5568 kB, avg. 33341 kB/s)
Using kernel command line: "rootdelay root=/dev/ram0"
-> N900 Boots UP into rescueOS

(4) ANSWER QUESTIONS AS YOU LIKE (FTP-Server, telnetd, usb-networking)

(5) On Root-Prompt type:
/rescueOS/mass-storage-enable.sh

(6) ON Linux-System (or possibly other OS) two drives show up

(7) IF THIS WORKED (AS IT DID FOR ME) ->
COPY AND BACKUP your files
 

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