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08-13-2012 , 04:19 PM
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Hi all , is there any way to install the OS on the internal memory instead of the slow compressed rom ?
and maybe use the rom as swap only ?

runnin the OS from the internal is probably faster and takes less CPU and thefor battery usage , because reading/writing to the rom goes through compression algorithms which consumes CPU cycles and battery right ?

and probably installing thumb would be much better even ?
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=84829
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08-13-2012 , 11:08 PM
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ROM = Read-Only Memory... Can't use it as a swap!
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08-14-2012 , 02:43 AM
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ya , but you write when you reflash . forget about rom , what about installing maemo on the internal
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ya , but you write when you reflash . forget about rom , what about installing maemo on the internal
I checked, the computer said "no".
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08-14-2012 , 07:48 AM
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there should be some way to install the OS on the internal and maybe use multiboot to boot from there and forget about the ROM
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08-15-2012 , 08:32 AM
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First, it's not ROM, it's OneNAND. And it's definitely not read-only, as those experiencing low free space on / can attest to.

What you need to do is boot into RescueOS, mount maemo root filesystem, copy / into a partition, unmount the rootfs, mount the home filesystem, copy that into /home on your scratch partition, create a symlink from /home/opt to /opt, remove the pymaemo-optify lines from rcS-late, remove the home-mounting lines from rcS-late, and use one of many ways to boot that root file system, such as Bootmenu (old), a rebuilt kernel with u-boot (new) and pray that it boots.
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08-15-2012 , 09:19 AM
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First, it's not ROM, it's OneNAND. And it's definitely not read-only, as those experiencing low free space on / can attest to.

What you need to do is boot into RescueOS, mount maemo root filesystem, copy / into a partition, unmount the rootfs, mount the home filesystem, copy that into /home on your scratch partition, create a symlink from /home/opt to /opt, remove the pymaemo-optify lines from rcS-late, remove the home-mounting lines from rcS-late, and use one of many ways to boot that root file system, such as Bootmenu (old), a rebuilt kernel with u-boot (new) and pray that it boots.
thanks for showing that there might be a way .
now how can i do all that ?
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08-16-2012 , 08:22 AM
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many folks don't appreciate those who don't try hard enough to search, or couldn't figure out how to find things properly.

a google on "n900 root on emmc" would've returned below link.

"[Announce] Maemo5 running 32GB eMMC root FS (scripts)"
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=59374

it may not work for you as is, but has all the details.

i've been tinkering with stuff based on that info & may release my findings for PR1.3 later.

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08-17-2012 , 07:47 AM
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yes i found that link , but it says pr 1.2 and that it might not work , so i didn't try it ! .
if it is possible and stable for pr1.3 it would be great !
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08-18-2012 , 02:35 AM
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the procedure should be the same. If anything, install pr1.2 then just apt-get upgrade to pr1.3 later
 
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