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Thanks for this post, very interesting.

I'll ask you a question. Is possible to install Meego to an already used-by NITDroid 8 GB Class 6 MicroSD without formatting it?
I'm not confortable with the idea of wiping NITDroid of that microSD and install it to EMMC because it works very well on my microSD. Just wanted to know if I could dual-boot it.
Thanks!
 
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Originally Posted by sr00t View Post
Thanks for this post, very interesting.

I'll ask you a question. Is possible to install Meego to an already used-by NITDroid 8 GB Class 6 MicroSD without formatting it?
I'm not confortable with the idea of wiping NITDroid of that microSD and install it to EMMC because it works very well on my microSD. Just wanted to know if I could dual-boot it.
Thanks!
It is, I had that set-up this past winter. You just need to make sure uBoot can find your boot.scr.
 

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Originally Posted by stevomanu View Post
Great post will give this ago i think at weekend ...heres a challenge for you try an add backtrack5-arm edition to the list make it 5 that would be insane ..
I will look at that...AFAIK backtrack 5 won't run on its own yet, it needs a chroot - correct me if I'm wrong. I am however looking at adding SHR, I just need to find my other microSD card (or get another one).
 

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Trying to follow instructions in first post....doing this in Terminal in OSX on my MacBook.....have some questions please....

Code:
1. Install MeeGo.

    Download the Meego Summer Release from here. Follow the instructions on the wiki for installing to the MicroSD card, using your 4GB card. For me the procedure was (under Linux):
    Code:

    sudo apt-get install pv
    sudo umount /dev/sdb1
    cd Downloads
    bzcat meego-handset-armv7l-n900-1.1-mmcblk0p.raw.bz2 | pv | sudo dd bs=4096 of=/dev/sdb
    mkdir meego-modules
    sudo mount /dev/sdb2 /mnt
    cp -r /mnt meego-modules    #these modules are used later for Kubuntu
    sudo umount /mnt
Doing the command 'sudo mount /dev/sdb2 /mnt' is where I start to have questions and issues.....

On my setup, my sd card is shown as 'disk1s1'. So, for the 'bzcat' command I used at the end '/dev/disk1'.

So, I assumed that for the line 'sudo mount /dev/sdb2 /mnt' I would do 'sudo mount /dev/disk1s2 /mnt'. However, when I tried that I got the following in Terminal:

Code:
Users-MacBook:Downloads marks$ sudo mount /dev/disk1s2 /mnt
Password:
mount: realpath /mnt: No such file or directory
Users-MacBook:Downloads marks$ mkdir /mnt
mkdir: /mnt: Permission denied
Users-MacBook:Downloads marks$ sudo mkdir /mnt
Users-MacBook:Downloads marks$ sudo mount /dev/disk1s2 /mnt
/dev/disk1s2 on /mnt: Incorrect super block.
Users-MacBook:Downloads marks$ mount
/dev/disk0s2 on / (hfs, local, journaled)
devfs on /dev (devfs, local, nobrowse)
map -hosts on /net (autofs, nosuid, automounted, nobrowse)
map auto_home on /home (autofs, automounted, nobrowse)
/dev/disk1s3 on /Volumes/boot (msdos, local, nodev, nosuid, noowners)
Users-MacBook:Downloads marks$
What is the correct reference to the card in my situation for the command 'sudo mount /dev/sdb2 /mnt' ?

Here's what mount showed before I unmounted the sd card:

Code:
Users-MacBook:Downloads marks$ mount
/dev/disk0s2 on / (hfs, local, journaled)
devfs on /dev (devfs, local, nobrowse)
map -hosts on /net (autofs, nosuid, automounted, nobrowse)
map auto_home on /home (autofs, automounted, nobrowse)
/dev/disk1s1 on /Volumes/16gb-class2 (msdos, local, nodev, nosuid, noowners)
Thanks for any help!
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awesome setup man. .

is it possible to add bleeding edge drivers kernel in ur list?

tht would be the most awesome thing on the n900 ever!
 

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SICK man this is utterly awesome!
Good Job!
 

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Originally Posted by dattadude View Post
awesome setup man. .

is it possible to add bleeding edge drivers kernel in ur list?

tht would be the most awesome thing on the n900 ever!
I actually have the bleeding-edge drivers and power kernel installed along with the stock kernel. Installation of them is simple, you just need to install kernel-power and kernel-power-bootimg if I recall correctly.

@ArchiMark I believe that it is a ext3 partition, which OS X cannot read by default. Do you have MacFUSE installed? You will need that or something similar to mount an ext3 partition.
 

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Quick question....I did not get to play this weekend....what block of time should one set aside to complete this all in one attempt?
 
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Originally Posted by xopher View Post
Quick question....I did not get to play this weekend....what block of time should one set aside to complete this all in one attempt?
Well, a large part of it depends on how fast your internet is, as both kubuntu and meego are over 500 MB each. I would estimate the entire process should finish in under 3 hours if everything goes well (i.e. Nitdroid doesn't keep rebooting before you can install SetCPU).

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Originally Posted by skykooler View Post

@ArchiMark I believe that it is a ext3 partition, which OS X cannot read by default. Do you have MacFUSE installed? You will need that or something similar to mount an ext3 partition.
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,

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