Originally Posted by qole

It sounds like I need to issue an update to Easy Debian for PR 1.2...

I'm re-installing all of my apps after flashing the "special" version of PR 1.2 that my device needs...

Originally Posted by marmota

1) I created a new partition in the sd card
2) I mounted the current Debian image with the command

Code:

qmount /path/to/currentimgfile /debian

3) I mounted the new formatted partition

Code:

mount /dev/mmcblkxxx /floppy

4) I copied the content of /debian to the partition
And here is where my problems started. The commands provided in the previous post are:

Code:

cd /debian
/home/user/img-install/ tar cf - . | (cd /opt/; tar xvf -)

Unfortunately I got errors (not able to access) the directory /home/user/img-install/

I thus run only the command

Code:

tar cf - . | (cd /opt/; tar xvf -)

However I have some questions:
Is it using /home/user/img-install/ because it is the directory where the image was installed?
Are there (in /home/user/img-install/) files needed in the partition?

5) restart device: I did so and the device was almost bricked. I had to remove the sd card before being able to restart the N900.

I reinserted the sd and

6) Edit the /home/user/.chroot
changing the IMGFILE to the partition where the files are

And easy debian started with 2 more gb free!

Originally Posted by marmota

ops I corrected in the text ... I transferred the files in floppy where the partition was mounted not in opt. Sorry for that. I just copied from previous guide. And /opt/ was not touched.

I tried to restart the device and everything is fine. However I would like to understand if the command has to be

Code:

cd /debian
/home/user/img-install/ tar cf - . | (cd /floppy/; tar xvf -)

or if

Code:

tar cf - . | (cd /floppy/; tar xvf -)

is enough.

Thank you very much and sorry for the mistake!

Originally Posted by pingu

rebhana: thanks! another question, from where can i launch the compiled files? because i keep getting "permission denied" error from all the location i`ve tried.

Originally Posted by qole

Uploaded a new version to Extras-Devel (Easy Debian 0.9.47). This has the PR 1.2 keyboard workaround. Anyone tried it yet?

I'm still ambivalent about the "su -" issue, so I have added two new commands to do it "the rebhana way", you can use "sudo debsu command" or "debbie-sue command" to get the different functionality.

Can I have other beta-testers (especially non-English locales) experiment with debbie-sue and report to me? If I get a general consensus that rebhana's right, then I'll move to "su - " as the default method.