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Re: Introducing ubiboot N9 (multiboot OS loader)

Yup, I had this about a few weeks also. I stopped testing for now. The l2 fix will reboot with an empty battery message.

zImage3 is working. And I got three OSes running. So for now I am ok. But I was wondering that when we can have more partitions, can we have more OSes? Now we are limited to three. There is also an Easy Debian package that starts a Debian OS using chroot (http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=85878)

Would it not be cool to have that as a fourth OS?

Regards
TheYOSH

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Originally Posted by theyosh (Post 1330593)

Yup, I had this about a few weeks also. I stopped testing for now. The l2 fix will reboot with an empty battery message.

Seems like every N9 is also a bit unique in its behaviour (like the N900).

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Originally Posted by theyosh (Post 1330593)

There is also an Easy Debian package that starts a Debian OS using chroot (http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=85878)

Would it not be cool to have that as a fourth OS?

Exactly why I set up my mmcblk with more (even more ;) partitions! Did not yet have time to play with...

Re: Introducing ubiboot N9 (multiboot OS loader)

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Originally Posted by juiceme (Post 1330448)

The scripts to do it are already in the menu script.
Just install your android on /home/ as usual, install Nemo on mmcblkp04 as usual and you are done :D

Is that also possible, if i have a bigger Swap on mtd-4 ?

THX

Re: Introducing ubiboot N9 (multiboot OS loader)

@explit mmcblk0p4 not equal mtd4 ;)

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Originally Posted by TMavica (Post 1330526)

@juiceme

Finally I can boot to Harmattan by using default preinit file, but there is some problem I found.
1. l2fix kernel, when bootup, it said "recharge battery", then it reboot self
2. Nitdroid zImage, sometimes can boot , sometimes cant...
3. zImage-2.6.32.54-dfl61-20121301, it said "recharge battery", or sometimes cant boot...

The path shouldnt wrong, because android can bootup everytime, then kernel is same directory with Harmattan /boot/, I GUESS something in Harmattan, maybe some tunning or mod, make my Harmattan cant bootup. I dont want to reflash to try:D

This "recharge battery problem" seems to affect some users, I wonder if the N9's are so individual really??

The problem propably is that when the kexec() to the 2nd stage kernel is done the BME is left in some uninitialized state. This again could confuse the charging logic of Harmattan which performs an emergency shutdown...
It seems to require some debugging to find out why this affects only some devices.

Could it have something to do with N9 HW revision?
For example, my device is 64G rev.1501

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Originally Posted by explit (Post 1330671)

Is that also possible, if i have a bigger Swap on mtd-4 ?
THX

If your swap is on mtd4, just use the ubiboot version that installs on mtd5.

Mine is 16GB rev 1603 using europe firmware 001

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Originally Posted by juiceme (Post 1330687)

Could it have something to do with N9 HW revision?
For example, my device is 64G rev.1501

So let us collect the infos:
mine is a 64GB rev. 1601 with (almost) zero problems.
Swiss firmware, highest PR of all :( or :)
Sometimes I do need a few boots, until Harmattan comes up. Maybe due to this bug, also? But I have never seen such message. I guess on wrong bootreason passed to second kernel?

How chk rev version?

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Code:

~# cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep Revision

Revision        : 1501

No issues other than the first time booting into all OSes which has to be done via telnet. Subsequent attempts pass without any issues.

Using mtd4 swap and mtd5 ubiboot...

Black 64GB...