Originally Posted by guji-dude

thanks, i just saw one and it looked a bit confusing, so i think il leave it alone. i thought i would be a simple task of going into computer management

This way is only intended for users who have partitioned their systems before. Your files will not be affected unless you explicitly ask your partitioner to do so although there's nothing wrong with taking extra care and backing up your files

Install flasher-3.5 on your box.

Get the rescue kernel and initrd rpm and extract them in a directory:

Code:

mkdir n900-rescue-initrd
cd n900-rescue-initrd
wget http://repo.meego.com/MeeGo/releases/1.0/core/repos/armv7l/packages/armv7l/nokia-n900-rescue-initrd-0.1-1.3.armv7l.rpm
wget http://repo.meego.com/MeeGo/releases/1.0/core/repos/armv7l/packages/armv7l/kernel-n900-2.6.33.3-11.2.armv7l.rpm
rpm2cpio nokia-n900-rescue-initrd-0.1-1.3.armv7l.rpm | cpio -vid 
rpm2cpio kernel-n900-2.6.33.3-11.2.armv7l.rpm  | cpio -vid

Now you're ready to boot the device:

Turn off your N900 by removing the battery.

Start flasher:

Code:

sudo flasher-3.5 -k boot/vmlinuz-2.6.33.3-11.2-n900 -n boot/initrd.img-rescue-2.6.33.3-11.2-n900 -l -b"rootdelay=1 root=/dev/ram0" --set-rd-flags=no-omap-wd --set-rd-flags=no-ext-wd --enable-rd-mode

Connect N900 to your PC.

Press U on the keyboard and keep holding it.

Put the battery back in.

Wait for the device to boot and press U to enable USB storage mode. The device is now added to the list of your storage devices as an increment of /dev/sd.

Partition it using your favorite partitioner (GParted recommended)

Don't forget to repeat the "Start flasher" procedure with sudo flasher-3.5 --disable-rd-mode to disable R&D mode.