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2009-05-20
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same problem here on n810. i'm running merinstaller 2.0.0-9, i have my .item set up in /etc/bootmenu.d but from what i can see, bootmenu system that ends up in initfs doesn't even look at it. i've tried install_bootmenu, refresh_bootmenu.d, nothing. my menu.item doesnt get added to the bootmenu and if i edit the bootmenu file manually in /var/tmp before it gets written into initfs, then ubuntu pukes with the incompatible bootmenu error.
edit: .item problem was to do with accidentally deleting /etc/bootmenu.conf, which of course has the routines for parsing .items. now mer bootmenu works fine, but ubuntu still throws incompatible bootmenu error.
Last edited by lkravovicz; 2009-05-20 at 11:59.
edit: .item problem was to do with accidentally deleting /etc/bootmenu.conf, which of course has the routines for parsing .items. now mer bootmenu works fine, but ubuntu still throws incompatible bootmenu error.
Last edited by lkravovicz; 2009-05-20 at 11:59.
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2009-05-25
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I too am having the error "incompatible boot menu". Is it possible that we are trying to install the wrong version of something?
These are the steps I followed:
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umount /dev/mmcblk1p1 sfdisk -uM /dev/mmcblk1 ,312,C ,200,S ,,L ,, umount /dev/mmcblk1p1 mkdosfs /dev/mmcblk1p1 mkswap /dev/mmcblk1p2 mkfs.ext3 /dev/mmcblk1p3 mkdir -p /mnt/jaunty insmod /mnt/initfs/lib/modules/`uname -r`/mbcache.ko insmod /mnt/initfs/lib/modules/`uname -r`/ext2.ko insmod /mnt/initfs/lib/modules/`uname -r`/jbd.ko insmod /mnt/initfs/lib/modules/`uname -r`/ext3.ko mount /dev/mmcblk1p3 /mnt/jaunty -o noatime cd /mnt/jaunty wget -c http://www.bman.maemobox.org/project...2.2_rootfs.tgz tar -zvxf ubuntu_9.04_n8x0-2.2_rootfs.tgz rm -f ./ubuntu_9.04_n8x0-2.2_rootfs.tgz mount /proc /mnt/jaunty/proc mount /sys /mnt/jaunty/sys mount /dev /mnt/jaunty/dev mount /dev/pts /mnt/jaunty/dev/pts mount /tmp /mnt/jaunty/tmp chroot /mnt/jaunty passwd root export LC_ALL=C apt-get install sys-env-x apt-get clean umount /proc umount /tmp umount /dev/pts umount /sys exit exit fuser -m /mnt/jaunty -k umount /mnt/jaunty/dev umount /mnt/jaunty browser --url http://bsd.tspre.org/~stskeeps/merinstaller.install & File download? [Open] Add catalog TSpre.org installer repository? [OK] Install application merinstaller 2.0.0-mer10 0.5 MB? [OK] Device may self-destruct, Continue Anyway? [OK] Select location for application "Install Bootmenu: Utilities [OK] Select location for application "Install Mer": Utilities [OK] merinstaller successfully installed [OK] root cd /etc/bootmenu.d/ echo '# will be shown in the bootmenu ITEM_NAME="Ubuntu on external card, p3" # needs to be an unique string to identify this item ITEM_ID="ubuntu" # which hardware device and partition should be booted. # use ${EXT_CARD} for the external card (slot) or ${INT_CARD} for the internal mmc # followed by p3 for partition three ITEM_DEVICE="${EXT_CARD}p3" # which modules to load at boottime ITEM_MODULES="mbcache jbd ext3" # filesystem used on that partition ITEM_FSTYPE="ext3" # mounting options ITEM_FSOPTIONS="noatime,ro"' > ubuntu.item install_bootmenu continue? yes backup? no Remove stuff? yes telnet? no dropbear? no add /etc/bootmenu.conf to initfs? yes Ready? yes reboot <enter>
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2009-05-25
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i have it booting. i simply redid the installation after installing and booting off Mer bootmenu. so i'd re-order the whole installation procedure to 1. install Mer bootmenu, boot it up 2. install Ubuntu on memcard
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2009-05-25
, 18:11
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Originally Posted by swajime
Yes, you're missing ITEM_LINUXRC="linuxrc", you have to reinstall all over. Where did you pick up the item without this? :P
Is it possible that we are trying to install the wrong version of something?
These are the steps I followed:
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2009-05-25
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Originally Posted by Stskeeps
From here -> http://wiki.maemo.org/Mer/Documentation/Bootmenu
Yes, you're missing ITEM_LINUXRC="linuxrc", you have to reinstall all over. Where did you pick up the item without this? :P
It says:
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# will be shown in the bootmenu
ITEM_NAME="Mer on external card, p3"
# needs to be an unique string to identify this item
ITEM_ID="mer"
# which hardware device and partition should be booted.
# use ${EXT_CARD} for the external card (slot) or ${INT_CARD} for the internal mmc
# followed by p3 for partition three
ITEM_DEVICE="${EXT_CARD}p3"
# which modules to load at boottime
ITEM_MODULES="mbcache jbd ext3"
# filesystem used on that partition
ITEM_FSTYPE="ext3"
# mounting options
ITEM_FSOPTIONS="noatime,rw"
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2009-05-25
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Originally Posted by swajime
Fair enough, that's not supposed to say Mer, it's supposed to say Maemo and did originally. It boots Maemo perfectly but fails miserably at any other OS
From here -> http://wiki.maemo.org/Mer/Documentation/Bootmenu
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ITEM_LINUXRC is not mentioned ...
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2009-05-25
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Well I wish I'd seen your post before I saw lkravovicz's post ...
It would have taken no time at all to add one line to one file and reflash the initfs ...
As it is, I'm still waiting for "apt-get install sys-env-x" to finish ...
Won't know if he (or she) is right until that's finished.
I'll post the results ...
It would have taken no time at all to add one line to one file and reflash the initfs ...
As it is, I'm still waiting for "apt-get install sys-env-x" to finish ...
Won't know if he (or she) is right until that's finished.
I'll post the results ...
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2009-05-25
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Ok, I've done this now ... and so now, I'm past the incompatible bootmenu, but stuck at the Ubuntu screen with the status bar almost all the way across the bottom of the screen.
I reflashed the initfs (again) per info from Stskeeps, but it seems to make no difference.
I reflashed the initfs (again) per info from Stskeeps, but it seems to make no difference.
Originally Posted by lkravovicz
i have it booting. i simply redid the installation after installing and booting off Mer bootmenu. so i'd re-order the whole installation procedure to 1. install Mer bootmenu, boot it up 2. install Ubuntu on memcard
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2009-05-26
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This how-to so needs to be updated. I have once installed Ubuntu by following these instruction, result was: wrong stylus driver (stuck pressed), no Wlan PowerSave, no n810 hw-keyboard, no usable system. Gnome never started up. I had to install a huge bunch of software from Mer repo to get all the n8x0 specific features to work correctly.
I haven't now installed ubuntu for a month or so, i am totally bored with ugly and slow Gnome.
This howto really is "left behind"
I haven't now installed ubuntu for a month or so, i am totally bored with ugly and slow Gnome.
This howto really is "left behind"
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i cannot make it works, becouse i have always information that i have invald bootmenu when i try to boot from mmc2 (card with ubuntu)
Screen text: incompatible bootmenu used, rebooting in 15 seconds
In this howto isn't a step how to create bootmenu for ubuntu correctly, soo please help me, becouse initfs_flash (create bootmenu) for maemo destroing only my ubuntu partition.
Soo, please, how to install bootmenu?
sory for my eng.,
and for everything...
i have my N800 from 4 days and I realy wanna to install ubuntu