so due to all the repo funkiness, carelessness with packages/apps/repos i installed, my n900 has issues. Im unable to install backupmenu due to dependency issues that just keep going layers deeper or not at all when i try to get the packages manually. CSSU is messed up, repos are a mess, and i want a fresh nand/kernel to rebuild.

I have bootmenu installed, and linux/win 7 pc's along with extensive exp imaging/partitioning/dual booting pc's, at least with windows, but not a complete noob with linux.

Is there any way to image my N900 completey using a live os/ping/ubcd/etc software, from a pc, and put it on the emmc, then virgin install (reflash) the nand? dualboot into both until i have my nand setup correctly?

any ideas on how to do this, or fix backup menu dependencies so it can install, are most welcome apprecciated.

heres my faster app installer log from attempting to install backupmenu-

--- 2013-03-14 04:58:42 ---
Start reading package lists
--- 2013-03-14 04:58:57 ---
Finished reading package lists
--- 2013-03-14 04:58:57 ---
Start fetching package dates
--- 2013-03-14 04:58:58 ---
need to fetch date for 0 packages
--- 2013-03-14 04:58:58 ---
sent 0 requests, received 0 replies with 0 errors
--- 2013-03-14 04:58:58 ---
Finished fetching package dates
--- 2013-03-14 04:59:12 ---
/usr/bin/apt-get -qsy --allow-unauthenticated -o Dir::Etc::sourcelist=/opt/fapman-cache/sources.list -o Dir::State::lists=/opt/fapman-cache/lists -o Dir::Etc::sourceparts="" --auto-remove install backupmenu
--- 2013-03-14 04:59:19 ---
Output from last process:
---
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
The following extra packages will be installed:
libacl1 libattr1 liblzo2-2 mtd-utils
The following NEW packages will be installed:
backupmenu libacl1 libattr1 liblzo2-2 mtd-utils
0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 38 not upgraded.
Inst liblzo2-2 (2.03-1maemo3 downloads.maemo.nokia.com)
Inst libattr1 (1:2.4.43-1 Extras:2.0/fremantle-1.3, Extras-devel:2.0/fremantle, Extras-testing:2.0/fremantle)
Inst libacl1 (2.2.47-2 Extras:2.0/fremantle-1.3, Extras-devel:2.0/fremantle, Extras-testing:2.0/fremantle)
Inst mtd-utils (20090606-1maemo1 Extras-devel:2.0/fremantle, Extras-testing:2.0/fremantle)
Inst backupmenu (1.2.0-1 Extras-devel:2.0/fremantle, Extras-testing:2.0/fremantle)
Conf liblzo2-2 (2.03-1maemo3 downloads.maemo.nokia.com)
Conf libattr1 (1:2.4.43-1 Extras:2.0/fremantle-1.3, Extras-devel:2.0/fremantle, Extras-testing:2.0/fremantle)
Conf libacl1 (2.2.47-2 Extras:2.0/fremantle-1.3, Extras-devel:2.0/fremantle, Extras-testing:2.0/fremantle)
Conf mtd-utils (20090606-1maemo1 Extras-devel:2.0/fremantle, Extras-testing:2.0/fremantle)
Conf backupmenu (1.2.0-1 Extras-devel:2.0/fremantle, Extras-testing:2.0/fremantle)

--- 2013-03-14 04:59:29 ---
/usr/bin/apt-get -qy --allow-unauthenticated -o DPkg:ptions::=--force-confnew -o Dir::Etc::sourcelist=/opt/fapman-cache/sources.list -o Dir::State::lists=/opt/fapman-cache/lists -o Dir::Etc::sourceparts="" --auto-remove install backupmenu
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
The following extra packages will be installed:
libacl1 libattr1 liblzo2-2 mtd-utils
The following NEW packages will be installed:
backupmenu libacl1 libattr1 liblzo2-2 mtd-utils
0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 38 not upgraded.
Need to get 497kB of archives.
After this operation, 1511kB of additional disk space will be used.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
liblzo2-2 libattr1 libacl1 mtd-utils backupmenu
Authentication warning overridden.
Get:1 https://downloads.maemo.nokia.com ./ liblzo2-2 2.03-1maemo3 [56.1kB]
Get:2 http://repository.maemo.org fremantle-1.3/free libattr1 1:2.4.43-1 [10.6kB]
Get:3 http://repository.maemo.org fremantle-1.3/free libacl1 2.2.47-2 [17.0kB]
Get:4 http://repository.maemo.org fremantle/free mtd-utils 20090606-1maemo1 [392kB]
Get:5 http://repository.maemo.org fremantle/free backupmenu 1.2.0-1 [22.1kB]
Failed to fetch http://repository.maemo.org/extras-d...emo1_armel.deb Hash Sum mismatch
Failed to fetch http://repository.maemo.org/extras-d....2.0-1_all.deb Hash Sum mismatch
Fetched 497kB in 6s (79.4kB/s)
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

repos active are-

community

http://repository.maemo.org/community/

fremantle

free non-free

community-testing

http://repository.maemo.org/community-testing/

fremantle

free non-free

cssu community-devel

http://maemo.merlin1991.at/cssu/community-devel/

fremantle ssu apps

https://downloads.maemo.nokia.com/fremantle/ssu/apps/

./

fremantle1.2 ovi

https://downloads.maemo.nokia.com/fremantle1.2/ovi/

./

extras

http://repository.maemo.org/extras/

fremantle-1.3

free non-free

extras-devel

http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel/

fremantle

free non-free

extras-testing

http://repository.maemo.org/extras-testing/

fremantle

free non-free



all update fine

Please go to http://repository.maemo.org/extras-d....2.0-1_all.deb and http://repository.maemo.org/extras-d...emo1_armel.deb to download the packages with the infamous 'Hash Sum Mismatch'. Move them to /var/cache/apt/archives and install the packages from X-Terminal application:

Easy as pie! And i got to learn how to ssh into my n900 as well

really wanted to get backupmenu ever since i came across it to clean up my n900 with a fresh build.

Thanks a bunch