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#11
Originally Posted by javispedro View Post
I doubt u-boot is the only requisite for that.
What I was saying is that u-boot is able to boot (just start) other OSes, not that those will ever fully boot Multiboot / bootmenu just change root (If I'm not mistaken).
 
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Multiboot flashes kernels to the OneNAND every time you change your OS, which will eventually wear the flash.
 
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can i use uboot in my 5800
Is the procedure
or is there a way to boot Linux on symbian by dual boot
plz help guyz
 
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I didnt completely understand what to do on this part:
Take the u-boot.bin, pad it to 0x40000 bytes. Turn the normal zImage into a uImage
then append to padded u-boot.bin. The total size of the resulting image must be less
than 2MB, which is easily possible using the PR1.2 kernel. Finally flash the new
combined image to N900 like a regular kernel.

You can use builder.py (below) to make the combined image.
Whats the goal..?
Or... how can i do it with Xterm?

Sooo... i got the default N900 kernel (zImage) here along with the u-boot.bin file.
I tried running the script, but it didnt work.
This is the error i get:
Code:
  File "builder.py", line 13
    elif len(kernel) > 0x1c0000
                              ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Advice?

Last edited by Nokia 5700; 2010-09-13 at 18:18.
 
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Originally Posted by Nokia 5700 View Post
Sooo... i got the default N900 kernel (zImage) here along with the u-boot.bin file.
That won't work, you need to convert it into a uImage first.

I tried running the script, but it didnt work.
The elif & else lines need a ":" at the end.

Last edited by lma; 2010-09-13 at 19:38.
 

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Originally Posted by lma View Post
The elif & else lines need a ":" at the end.
Fixed, thanks.
 
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#17
Any chance this could be adapted for N8X0?
 
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any newbie tut between for maemo and NITDROID ? thanks
 
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Originally Posted by linuxeventually View Post
Any chance this could be adapted for N8X0?
Yes, there's a chance :-)
 

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Any special options required in the zImage to uImage conversion? Or can you just run:

Code:
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -d zImage uImage
?
 
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