[solved] Installing Nemo to EMMC without wiping Maemo - maemo.org

marmistrz | # 1 | 2013-06-25, 15:16 | Report

Hi,

The de-installer script wipes off Maemo installation. The Nemo raw image contains three partitions. What about installing it side by side?

My idea is: shrink the MyDocs partition and copy the partitions to the emmc. Create uboot entries and run.

Can this be done with Nemo?

/edit: solved.

First guide (important notes in 2 last posts):
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...4&postcount=12
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...1&postcount=18
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...1&postcount=19

Another guide: http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...5&postcount=17

Last edited by marmistrz; 2013-07-12 at 12:27.

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Wikiwide | # 2 | 2013-06-27, 13:51 | Report

Bumping the thread...
Best wishes.

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mikecomputing | # 3 | 2013-06-27, 21:54 | Report

Just why? Whats wrong with external microsdcard?

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peterleinchen | # 4 | 2013-06-27, 22:11 | Report

Yep, whats wrong with SD?

And no I do not think it is possible. I am sure (did not check fstab, as I use Nemo only on N9 since I got it) that there will arise problems with partition mounting inside Nemo ...

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rainisto | # 5 | 2013-06-28, 08:38 | Report

this thread should be moved from Meego/Harmattan to Maemo5/Fremantle

marmistrz | # 6 | 2013-06-28, 13:30 | Report

Some reasons:

My spare N900 has a broken microSD port
Installing to microSD removes any other content that's already there, even if there's much more space available than for Nemo only.

Someone might not want to buy a microsd card just to test another system.

Even if there might be problems, I have vacation now and can try. If it doesn't work, no problem. But maybe it'll work. How to do this then?

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sicelo | # 7 | 2013-06-28, 19:22 | Report

well, i did run debian like that for a long time (because my SD would come up with the -110 timeout problem in the kernel I was using).

just resize your emmc partitions following the instructions in wiki, and you'll be fine.

uboot doesn't have any problem booting the kernel at /dev/mmcblk0p4 for example

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marmistrz | # 8 | 2013-07-01, 07:45 | Report

I tried and copied. Unfortunately, I'm gettings

** Invalid partition: 4 **

in u-boot (the nemo rootfs partition)
What's more there are only partitions mmcblk0p{1,2,3} visible. The "new" partitions aren't visible.

Any ideas what's going on?

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sicelo | # 9 | 2013-07-01, 10:14 | Report

what did you use to partition the emmc? is there a filesystem in that partition now? are you able to mount it in Maemo for example?

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marmistrz | # 10 | 2013-07-01, 10:38 | Report

Nope. I used mass storage mode. Then shrank the MyDocs partition. Created 3 partitions. dd-ed the stuff. (on rootfs the cable got disconnected, so re-dd-ed)

Yes, Linux Mint 15 detects it without problem.

In Maemo not. the hildon fm detects only the mydocs.

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