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    [Question] install maemo on internal , and use rom as swap if possible ?

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    teamer | # 1 | 2012-08-13, 20:19 | Report

    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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    ajack | # 2 | 2012-08-14, 03:08 | Report

    ROM = Read-Only Memory... Can't use it as a swap!

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    teamer | # 3 | 2012-08-14, 06:43 | Report

    ya , but you write when you reflash . forget about rom , what about installing maemo on the internal

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    ajack | # 4 | 2012-08-14, 09:34 | Report

    Originally Posted by teamer View Post
    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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    teamer | # 5 | 2012-08-14, 11:48 | Report

    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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    Hurrian | # 6 | 2012-08-15, 12:32 | Report

    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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    teamer | # 7 | 2012-08-15, 13:19 | Report

    Originally Posted by Hurrian View Post
    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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    bozoid | # 8 | 2012-08-16, 12:22 | Report

    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.

    kh

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    teamer | # 9 | 2012-08-17, 11:47 | Report

    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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    JadeH | # 10 | 2012-08-18, 06:35 | Report

    the procedure should be the same. If anything, install pr1.2 then just apt-get upgrade to pr1.3 later

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