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yes i have flash the new zImage-4

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Can you burn Linux mint to a CD, boot it and do the instructions natively? AKA not in Virtualbox. If you have a fairly fast flash stick you can install Linux mint to it if you want, and boot it from there.

EDIT: You should do the repartitioning, and copying from it, possibly use a MicroSD card reader if you have one(or if you've done that, try using the N900 instead)

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i have linux mint installt ^^ i use a micro sd adpter
i repartition jet and use n900

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as i speak for my case:
I just did Live Boot on my Second Laptop with Ubuntu.
Gparted also directly supervised all paths, just like on the VM.
Having flashed the provided Kernel Image once again, i also had no luck by coming further than i was before.
I also used different Micro SD to SD Adapter with the same result.

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how can i use the card on n900 with mint

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@Toja92 how should the memcard look when you see it in the N900? I meen should you be able to see the partitions or what. When i look at the details it tells me that i've got 968 mb's of free space. I partitioned it with a 100mb fat32 and the 900 with ext3. When i hook it up to vm linux mint i can see the partitions and files and froyo :)

Just did the whole thing again, partitioning, downloading froyo and putting the files on the card, flashing zImage4 and reinstalling bootmenu... Still no android... wierd :(

e: now when i connect the N900 to vm linux mint i see the phone 29gb, one partition 938mb, one partition 107mb and a 1gb with a dcim folder in it and thats the same i see on the phone. This i don't understand at all?

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Here's my video tutorial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZQ5jlVmYzo

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Hmm, well same problem as before (some pages ago lol), eMMC not being mounted by android...

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Did you choose PC Suite mode?

Anyway, for those that have problems, try DJ_Steves video tutorials, it might work better for you.

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I used the storage mode... I don't have a sd card reader can the partitioning be done on N900 itself? It sounds like to me that it's not writing to my memcard when i'm on vm linux mint?

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I do everything via my N900... You might want to try Ubuntu, you might have more luck(although, from what I have heard, Linux Mint is pretty similar to Ubuntu).

EDIT: Or if you feel like it you could install a VNC Server in Mint and let me try doing the partitioning etc. provided you have a decent up-speed.
(And that you don't have anything personal on it)

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Wouldn't i be able to do it in xterm with sfdisk and download the .tar file and untar it to the memcard? To do everything without using vm/pc. Ihave the zImage4 flashed allready and that looks to be working and allso bootmenu :)

Or could i do steve's or kingoddball's toturial but with my N900 instead of a memcard reader?

Anyway thanks for the offer with the vnc, i might take you up on it if i for sure can't make it work otherwise :)

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Yeah you could use DJ_Steve's / kingoddball's tutorial with your N900, just make sure you select the correct disk.

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Do you know what that would be? /dev/sda or /dev/mmcblk1?

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IIRC fdisk uses a different way to select disks, but as long as you use the N900 in mass storage mode and don't have any disk in Virtualbox attached then nothing should happen(assuming you use virtualbox).

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@toja92 5hanks for the help so far, will look at the fdisk thing and try out that way to get the android working :)

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The fdisk thing is mentioned in this tutorial http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=720291&postcount=1

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is it possible to install nitdroid through meego netbook?

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So, I've just updated from Nitdroid 2.1 eclair to the new Froyo build.

Everything was working great for me in Eclair, so i just unpacked the new build to the SD card, and Froyo boots without a hitch. However, emmc and Wifi are not working.

emmc seems to be normal for now, but wifi is fixeable with this command: "chmod 755 /system/etc/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-run-hooks".

Can someone explain to me how i do this?

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Unfortunately you can only do this with ADB(a Android debuging tool, basically). From what I've read in the IRC channel e-yes will build a new rootfs soon which should work without the need to run that command.

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The correct disk (partition) would be:
mmcblk1p2 (the p2/p3/p4 etc is your partition number).
sfdisk:

First, we need to partition the external sd card, which is represented as device node /dev/mmcblk1 in most cases. In this example, we will have 2 partitions, one partition will be FAT32 for storage, the other LINUX83 for the Android rootfs. Simply run the following i a terminal:

Code:

umount /dev/mmcblk1p1 # unmount the mmc for partitioning

sfdisk -uM /dev/mmcblk1
,512,C # 512mb partition for FAT32
,,L # the rest of the mmc is LINUX83
,, # empty
,,


Next, to prepare the new partitions for Android installation, run the following and then reboot you device; this will format the first partition in vfat, and the second in ext3:

Code:

mkdosfs /dev/mmcblk1p1
mkfs.ext3 /dev/mmcblk1p2

After formatting the partitions and rebooting the device, you can mount the ext3 partition with the following:

Code:

mkdir -p /mnt
mount /dev/mmcblk1p2 /mnt

cd /mnt

That's as far as I can help - This is untested. Should fix you up.

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alrite guys, is it possible to do the job on my MacOS via terminal, I mean the partation and file copy 2 SD? I don't have a linux OS....and if yes, what's the difference about those command lines under macOS?

Cheers

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Nope.

You have a mac, good start.
Is it a Core Duo (or single)?
If so, install VMware, download a linux build - Start from there.
That's exactly how I do it :)
VMware is the greatest!

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How do we get flash 10.1 working?

I've tried dj_steve's flash player apk (with froyo 004) and also a 10.1 apk I found on the xda site (with the just-updated froyo rootfs). I put them in the /system/app folder (at different times), however, sites keep saying I need to update my flash player.

I have "Adobe Flash Player 10.1" under my package browser. I've tried restarting it (the package) too.

Has anyone gotten it working?

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I did it from my Mac, but I booted from my Gparted live cd.

The problem with partitioning with the Mac is that you can't format/read ext3 from within OSX, that I was able to see.

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How much time does it take to boot android?
i am waiting to boot since 10 mins. it often says "init: untracked pid xxx exited"
can some one confirm if this is going right?

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Yeah that's too long.

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Might post this here as I got no response in the other thread to help:
Having trouble getting this to work.

getbootstate: Invalid selection
Choose bootup option:
2) MMC
9) Start a shell.

I'm guessing the error is up further when I get:
EXT3-fs: Unrecognized mount option "rpsize=1024" or missing value
mount: mounting /dev/mmcblk0p2 on /mnt/new_root failed: Invalid Argument
Command exited with non-zero status 255

I'm pretty sure I partitioned it correctly, followed both the guide on talk and on the nitdroid wiki. I originally tried with eclair and zimage0.0.3, but moved to zimage0.4 and Froyo and still getting same error. I'm certain my android.ext.item file is correct, not only have I rewritten twice, I also copied it straight from the wiki. Finally tried with mmcblk0 instead of {EXT_CARD} to the same effect. Help?

Also of note, further up on bootscreen its showing
mmcblk0: mmc0: (hexi crap) 1.89 GiB
mmcblk0: p1 p2

So the card is recognized and its finding the partition. I'm completely lost as to what Unrecognized mount option error means though.

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Should only take a matter of minutes to boot. Well under 5. Mine take 2. Any setup.

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@IzzehO: Can you copy paste your android.etc.item here? Sounds like you have something there that should not be there...

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Of course. Here we are:
ITEM_NAME="Android (external SD)"
ITEM_ID="android3"
ITEM_DEVICE="${EXT_CARD}p2"
ITEM_MODULES="mbcache jbd ext3 fat vfat"
ITEM_FSTYPE="ext3"
ITEM_FSOPTION="noatime,rw"


Also note that I tried
ITEM_NAME="Android (external SD)"
ITEM_ID="android3"
ITEM_DEVICE="mmcblk1p2"
ITEM_MODULES="mbcache jbd ext3 fat vfat"
ITEM_FSTYPE="ext3"
ITEM_FSOPTION="noatime,rw"

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new rootfs is up and linked in dev thread - im going to update the first post in their tonight once i get in from work also.

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flash i will integrate into a new rootfs as it has to be instaleld over asb at this time

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Will MobileHotspot work with your kernel? it works with Titans but in the tutorial it's written that I have to uninstall it.

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im not sure why not try it and find out :) the kernel has a lot of titans patches in it anyway

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@IzzehO: Only thing I can think of then is to try a different MicroSD card..

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curiousity, does anyone actually use the arrow keys on keyb much in nitdroid at min - considering remaping keys to use those for now

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ok i am uploading a new rootfs shortly, has slightly remaped keys (backspace is working again ) and also should have flash integrated

edit:

ok uploading as i type.

link: http://blog.nitdroid.com/NITDroid-N900-0.0.4-2.tbz2
give it about 20mins from this post before you try it, its 76mb

changelog:
based on newest rootfs 0.0.4-1
keys remapped:
left + right arrows = duplicate volume controls
up arrow = home (hold for tasklist)
down arrow = back
backspace = backspace

flash should be integrated in theory but not tested since i tarred it.

please also keep reporting on download speed for file thanks

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@DJ_Steve: Is the keymap ignoring the different HW keyboard layouts? For example I need to press Blue Arrow + Left arrow to get Up arrow, is this needed in Android?

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the arrows worked fine for me like so i dont know, at min it works just without shift on arrows for above maps