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sixracer | # 111 | 2011-03-07, 20:35 | Report

I forgot to "cd /and" and now I think I have a whole bunch of Android junk in my root directory. Can anyone help me with a list of directories I need to delete?

Ricardo | # 112 | 2011-03-08, 03:30 | Report

Hi all!

Help!

I took a deep breath and gave this a try - with terrible results, I'm afraid...

I've found incomplete, inaccurate and/or outdated instructions everywhere, and that might have been one of the problems. I'm certain another problem was deciding to give it a go anyway, without asking for help first (and right before going to sleep)!

Hoping that it's not too late, I ask for your help to solve the mess I got myself into.

Here's what I did:

Formatted my 2GB card following the wiki article N900-install
Downloaded and installed multi-boot and NITDroid

Now, when I turn on my N900, I see the multi-boot menu with just one option: "1 - NITdroid on MMCp2 - 2.6.28.NIT.05". I didn't change the ITEM_NAME and ITEM_KERNEL variables when setting up multi-boot (doh!), so I guess that's what causing the following error:

Originally Posted by

Can't flash kernel, required files not found
Guru Meditation #00000025.62017712"

Sounds quite easy to fix, BUT:

There's no option in multi-boot for stock / power kernel boot
The USB port of this device came out recently, so I can't reflash it! (double doh!)

I feel like I locked myself out of my house... how do I get in, now?

Ricardo | # 113 | 2011-03-08, 21:34 | Report

Originally Posted by sixracer View Post

I forgot to "cd /and" and now I think I have a whole bunch of Android junk in my root directory. Can anyone help me with a list of directories I need to delete?

You can use WinRAR (and probably other utilities) to see the list of files from the NITDroid-0.0.9.tar.bz2 package. You can also create a report using Tools -> Generate report (Alt+G).

Unfortunately, you have native directories (and also files) in your N900 with the same name on the bz2 package, so don't just go deleting stuff!

A quick comparison of my phone contents with the bz2 file shows that only the directories below can be safely removed:

/cache
/config
/lost+found
/mnt/asec
/mnt/secure
/mnt/secure/staging
/mnt/secure/asec
/mnt/sdcard
/mnt/initfs
/mnt/tmp
/sdcard
/system

It also shows that many commands that seems to be just links to /bin/busybox, and also /bin/busybox itself might have been overwritten. If you can still exec most commands in /bin (like /bin/ls, /bin/uname, /bin/df, etc.), then you're fine. Otherwise, tell me and we'll try to fix that as well.

(Or just backup as much data from your phone as you can and reflash it...)

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e-yes | # 114 | 2011-03-09, 17:15 | Report

Originally Posted by Ricardo View Post

(Or just backup as much data from your phone as you can and reflash it...)

I'd rather suggest backup/reflash too.

azad1top | # 115 | 2013-04-12, 20:36 | Report

hi

help!

Code:

system/fonts/DroidSansThai.ttf
tmp/
usr/
usr/bin/
usr/sbin/
usr/sbin/chroot
Nokia-N900:/and# 
Nokia-N900:/and# dpkg -i /home/user/MyDocs/nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-06_final1_armel.deb 
Selecting previously deselected package nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-06.
(Reading database ... 59298 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-06 (from .../nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-06_final1_armel.deb) ...
Android not found. MUST be mounted on '/and'
dpkg: error processing /home/user/MyDocs/nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-06_final1_armel.deb (--install):
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /home/user/MyDocs/nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-06_final1_armel.deb
Nokia-N900:/and# dpkg -i /home/user/MyDocs/nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-06_final1_armel.deb
(Reading database ... 59298 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-06 (from .../nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-06_final1_armel.deb) ...
Android not found. MUST be mounted on '/and'
dpkg: error processing /home/user/MyDocs/nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-06_final1_armel.deb (--install):
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /home/user/MyDocs/nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-06_final1_armel.deb

michaaa62 | # 116 | 2013-04-12, 21:43 | Report

Originally Posted by

Android not found. MUST be mounted on '/and'

Just read, understand and mount.
Mount wherever you installed your nitdroid, be it /home or an extra partition to /and.