WHATS NEW!
Specify FAT size
Specify SWAP size
Specify ext2 or ext3
Specify 1 or 2 cloned partition (mix and match ext2/3)
If you choose multiple ext2 or ext3 (or both) partitions the remaining space not used for SWAP and FAT will be split evenly across the two partitions.
Specify TIMEOUT value for bootmenu
WHATS OLD!
This will destroy ALL DATA on your SD CARD
This will add ALL = ALL to ALL cloned partitions (ie gives you root by typing "sudo su -" also runs any command as root by typing sudo before it)
All cloned partitions will mount swap partition automatically
Its really not simpler than this No matter how some of those threads are named
If you are not comfortable at the command line, then perhaps this tool is not right for you
/root/install-tools (it has to be in this location to work)
cd /root/install-tools
To clone your system CREATEINTERNAL.txt orEXTERNAL.txt depending on which card you want to work with.
so you need a file existing here
ONLY LET ONE FILE EXIST AT A TIME, THIS WORKS GREAT BUT NEEDS MORE CHECKS AND BALANCES.
/root/install-tools/EXTERNAL.txt
OR
/root/install-tools/INTERNAL.txt
(see /root/install-tools/INTERNAL.txt-SAMPLE EXTERNAL.txt-SAMPLE)
Create a file called INTERNAL.txt or EXTERNAL.txt which contains the following: (between the lines not including them)
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FAT 148 (SIZE IN MB)
SWAP 356 (SIZE IN MB)
1 ext2 (PARTITION is EXT2)
2 ext3 (PARTITION is EXT3)
TIMEOUT 11 (# OF SECONDS TO WAIT)
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MUST HAVE FAT
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SWAP 356
1 ext2
2 ext3
TIMEOUT 11
MUST HAVE SWAP
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FAT 50
1 ext3
2 ext2
TIMEOUT 11
MUST HAVE TIMEOUT
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FAT 128
SWAP 5
1 ext3
Now that you have created EXTERNAL.txt or INTERNAL.txt its time to do the cloning
cd /root/install-tools
(MAKE SURE SWAP (VIRTUAL MEMORY) FILE IS OFF IN CONTROL PANEL)
./clone.sh (Same script now for both 800 and 810)
BOOTMENU INFO (AND SPECIAL THANKS TO FANOUSH)
Go here to find official bootmenu packages http://fanoush.wz.cz/maemo/
This will scan your partitions on all available SD cards and add them to bootmenu for you. So if you install this on internal and then you install it on external, ALL the entries would be available for booting.
There may be additional versions with more checks and balances and some code cleanup. I was originally going to try to do many more partitions and I may again resume it later, but for now it is 2MAX bootable per card. I should probably clean it up now but I only have so much time, so functional is downloadable
AS Always make sure everything is backed up, you never know what might happen. Please let me know how it goes.
Everything worked with 800-clone.sh except swap. I get an error warning that given size (x) exceeds max allowable size (0). I've tried 356 and 256 for x.
Everything worked with 800-clone.sh except swap. I get an error warning that given size (x) exceeds max allowable size (0). I've tried 356 and 256 for x.
Any thoughts?
Somethings not working it sounds like, can you post full log.
you can debug by running
sh -x 800-clone.sh 2> err.log
Also please POST the INTERNAL.txt or EXTERNAL.txt that you used?
Attached is the error log, which is doing something different now. I removed partitions from the card, made it one big FAT partition instead. It doesn't do anything to partition it either... and I should mention I am running as root...
The initfs seems to have installed OK. I get the boot menu. Actually the first time it worked but never really repartitioned either - my stuff was all still there. It must have overwritten something in my existing ext2 partition, for some reason. No idea why it actually booted successfully, unless it didn't and failed back to the flash - but it seemed to work.
I'm in rescue mode right now. I'll be back once I'm running again.
Attached is the error log, which is doing something different now. I removed partitions from the card, made it one big FAT partition instead. It doesn't do anything to partition it either... and I should mention I am running as root...
The initfs seems to have installed OK. I get the boot menu. Actually the first time it worked but never really repartitioned either - my stuff was all still there. It must have overwritten something in my existing ext2 partition, for some reason. No idea why it actually booted successfully, unless it didn't and failed back to the flash - but it seemed to work.
I'm in rescue mode right now. I'll be back once I'm running again.
You should run this script 1 time, if it fails, REBOOT, run it again.
As the ERROR shows:
SD CARD NOT ABLE TO MOUNT AFTER PARTITIONING
TRY EJECTING SD CARD AND RE-RUN THE INSTALL SCRIPT
IF YOU EJECTED IT AND IT FAILED AGAIN REBOOT AND RE-RUN THE SCRIPT
Dont do anything to the partitions between the reboot and rerun of the script.
Please also send me the screen output for the run.
Well I tried it, I tried it about 5 times. Managed to wipe out both external and internal SD on my 810.
Kept getting errors that memory was wrong size.
If I try it again, I'll save the errors.
Went and tried the DEB, that errored out, I reran it and it seems successful. So now I have what I consider 1 fair clone
THANKS!!
Oh, by the way, when you use some of those colors in your fonts here they are virtually unreadable on my screen.
