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bdogg64 | # 11 | 2010-10-25, 22:32 | Report

Originally Posted by Jaco2k View Post

I think that once we get Meego going, it is a safe assumption that no one will have any reason to boot back into Maemo...

Maybe so, but there are a few things missing from Meego 1.1 that might change your mind if you look at the bug list.

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Jaco2k | # 12 | 2010-10-25, 22:35 | Report

Originally Posted by bdogg64 View Post

Maybe so, but there are a few things missing from Meego 1.1 that might change your mind if you look at the bug list.

Where did I write Meego 1.1?

Of course that if it is unusable it doesn't even count... and then again, if it is unusable, why would you want to dualboot onto it? Maybe once for the curiosity sake...

M_99 | # 13 | 2010-10-25, 22:54 | Report

Originally Posted by Stskeeps View Post

.....Upon startup, if there is a SD card that's bootable, it will boot the SD card, with MeeGo. Otherwise, it will boot Maemo.

More customized setups are possible for the daring.

However. You might need to use a u-boot suitable SD card image and I can't promise it'll be around on exact day of 1.1, but we'll see what we can do.

Is there a wiki somewhere to learn about bootable SD-cards ?
Is it possible to have a bootable partition on existing SD-cards, so you don't have to change cards ?
Will it be possible to unse the second partition with data for both Maemo AND MeeGo (pictures, music etc.) ?

CU - M_99

Stskeeps | # 14 | 2010-10-26, 10:18 | Report

Look mom, no cables!

http://blip.tv/file/4296208

Thanks to ali1234 for the u-boot work and stephg for the video.

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SirMuttley | # 15 | 2010-10-26, 10:21 | Report

Originally Posted by Jaco2k View Post

I think that once we get Meego going, it is a safe assumption that no one will have any reason to boot back into Maemo...

Unless you want to use you phone for anything.....

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gerdich | # 16 | 2010-10-26, 10:31 | Report

I want to reformat:
- the little partition (2GB) with msdos
- the big partition with ext3
like indicated in the maemo wiki.

Is that future save for:
a) dual boot with NitDroid
b) dual boot with Meego
c) possible future releases of Maemo?

...and
Is it possible to dual-boot from a directory of the ext2 partition?

fuyoh | # 17 | 2010-10-26, 10:32 | Report

Originally Posted by Stskeeps View Post

MeeGo 1.1 isn't out yet, give us a little bit of time

What will happen if things go right:

* Package install from extras-devel that enables the u-boot boot loader.
* Upon startup, if there is a SD card that's bootable, it will boot the SD card, with MeeGo. Otherwise, it will boot Maemo.

More customized setups are possible for the daring.

However. You might need to use a u-boot suitable SD card image and I can't promise it'll be around on exact day of 1.1, but we'll see what we can do.

question,

is it possible to boot the kernel from emmc other than maemo ?

lma | # 18 | 2010-10-26, 11:44 | Report

Originally Posted by Stskeeps View Post

* Package install from extras-devel that enables the u-boot boot loader.

This almost makes me want to go out and buy an N900 :-)

Originally Posted by

* Upon startup, if there is a SD card that's bootable, it will boot the SD card, with MeeGo. Otherwise, it will boot Maemo.

A prompt allowing selection would be nice, having to remove the battery & card every time one wants to switch OS will probably get very old very quickly.

Originally Posted by Stskeeps View Post

It's suited for any kind of kernel boot.

If it's using U-Boot it should be suited even for non-Linux OSs (eg *BSD or Symbian if one cares enough to port them).

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floffe | # 19 | 2010-10-26, 11:50 | Report

Originally Posted by lma View Post

A prompt allowing selection would be nice, having to remove the battery & card every time one wants to switch OS will probably get very old very quickly.

You don't have to remove the battery to change the microSD in the N900, only the back cover. You do need to remove the battery to change the SIM card, though.

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naturegodtm | # 20 | 2010-10-26, 11:51 | Report

i dont have an sd card. So shall i have to buy one?any suggestions?