User:Nin101/N900 Rescue OS - Revision history

93.210.132.116: old and busted wiki page

2013-11-21T16:29:47Z

old and busted wiki page

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-	~~rescueOS is a rescue solution for the N900, distributed as a tarball and as an initrd image. It has several features, most notable:~~	+	Previous information in this wiki page is outdated.
-		+	The official documentation is here: https://raw.github.com/NIN101/N900_RescueOS/master/documentation.txt
-	* Mounting maemo root filesystem	+
-	* Mounting EMMC partitions (maemo home and MyDocs)	+
-	* USB mass-storage mode	+
-	* USB networking	+
-	* WiFi Support	+
-	* Battery charging	+
-		+
-	~~= Installation & Booting =~~	+
-	~~== tarball ==~~	+
-	~~The installation of the tarball is rather easy and is~~ in many ways compareable with the installation of meego-ce. The only difference is that a microsd card won't get completely overwritten as we only need one partition and do not overwrite the whole card and it's partition table.	+
-	~~While it is recommended to create an ext4 partition, the kernel can actually handle ext2 and ext3.~~	+
-		+
-	~~We assume that you only need~~ this ~~if maemo~~ is ~~broken on your device, therefore we do not want to describe how to install it on the N900~~.	+
-		+
-	~~# Plug your microsd (through an adapter) into your computer.~~	+
-	~~# Find the device node of the first partition. For example, if it /dev/sdf1, run mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdf1. WARNING: All data on this partition will be deleted. It~~ is ~~possible to use a different partition. If you use the second, replace the "mmcblk0p1" in the kernel command line to mmclbk0p2.~~	+
-	~~# mount /dev/sdf1 /mnt/~~	+
-	~~# tar xfvjp rescueOS-0.X.tar.bz2 -C /mnt/~~	+
-	~~# umount /mnt/~~	+
-		+
-		+
-	~~That's it! You can now proceed with "Booting"~~	+
-		+
-	~~=== Booting tarball ===~~	+
-	~~After you have unpacked the tarball, we can boot it. You need [[flasher\|flasher-3.5]].<pre>~~	+
-	~~flasher-3.5 -l -k 2.6.37 -b"root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rootwait rw console=ttyO2,115200n8 console=tty0 mtdoops.mtddev=2" wait for "suitable device not found"...</pre>~~	+
-	~~Connect your N900 with USB to your computer.~~	+
-	~~Once the kernel is send, unplug the USB. RescueOS is booting now.~~	+
-		+
-	~~== initrd ==~~	+
-	~~<pre>flasher-3.5 -k 2.6.37 -n initrd.img -l -b"rootdelay root=/dev/ram0"</pre>~~	+
-	~~Connect your N900 with USB to your computer.~~	+
-	~~Once the kernel is sent, unplug the USB. RescueOS should be booting now.~~	+
-		+
-		+
-	~~= Releases =~~	+
-	~~New versions are released from time to time.~~	+
-		+
-	~~=== Current version~~: ~~0.4 (2011-09-02) ===~~	+
-	~~e2fsprogs and dosfstools.~~	+
-		+
-	~~'''Download'''<br>~~	+
-	~~[http~~://~~nin101~~.~~uni~~.cx/~~N900~~/~~rescueOS/rescueOS-0.4.tar.bz2 tarball] [http://nin101.uni.cx/N900/rescueOS/rescueOS-0.4.tar.bz2.sig sig]~~	+
-		+
-	~~[http://nin101.uni.cx/N900/rescueOS/resos-0.4.img initrd]~~	+
-		+
-	~~[http://nin101.uni.cx/N900/rescueOS/2.6.37 Kernel] [http://nin101.uni.cx/N900/rescueOS/2.6.37.sig Sig]~~	+
-		+
-	~~= Usage =~~	+
-	~~''To be written''~~	+
-		+
-	You basically get a bash shell right after the bootup. However, some scripts in the directory /rescueOS/ want to simplify some tasks. Currently most of them are in an early stage, so if in doubt, '''do not rely''' on them.	+
-		+
-	~~'''Shutdown'''<br>~~	+
-	* unmount the maemo rootfs if you mounted it	+
-	* detach it (ubidetach -m 5)	+
-	* poweroff -f	+
-		+
-	~~'''WiFi support'''<br>~~	+
-	~~It has wpa_supplicant, but without EAP support. This should be ok for most home networks which use a PSK.~~	+
-		+
-	~~Give the following a try:~~	+
-		+
-	~~<pre>wpa_passphrase [essid] [password] > /wlan.conf~~	+
-	~~sh /rescueOS/setup-wpa-wifi.sh</pre>~~	+
-		+
-	~~For DHCP, use udhcpc -i wlan0.~~	+
-		+
-	~~'''Charging'''<br>~~	+
-	~~bash~~ /~~rescueOS~~/~~charge21~~.~~bash~~	+

93.210.137.233: /* Current version: 0.4 (2011-09-02) */

2011-09-02T12:50:00Z

Current version: 0.4 (2011-09-02)

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	New versions are released from time to time.		New versions are released from time to time.

-	=== Current version: 0.3 (2011-08-26) ===	+	=== Current version: 0.4 (2011-09-02) ===
-	~~Thanks to ShadowJK's [http://enivax.net/jk/n900/ meegocharge.tar], it can now charge the battery~~.	+	e2fsprogs and dosfstools.

	'''Download'''<br>		'''Download'''<br>
-	[http://nin101.uni.cx/N900/rescueOS/rescueOS-0.3.tar.bz2 tarball] [http://nin101.uni.cx/N900/rescueOS/rescueOS-0.3.tar.bz2.sig sig]	+	[http://nin101.uni.cx/N900/rescueOS/rescueOS-0.4.tar.bz2 tarball] [http://nin101.uni.cx/N900/rescueOS/rescueOS-0.4.tar.bz2.sig sig]

-	[http://nin101.uni.cx/N900/rescueOS/~~initrd~~.img initrd]	+	[http://nin101.uni.cx/N900/rescueOS/resos-0.4.img initrd]

	[http://nin101.uni.cx/N900/rescueOS/2.6.37 Kernel] [http://nin101.uni.cx/N900/rescueOS/2.6.37.sig Sig]		[http://nin101.uni.cx/N900/rescueOS/2.6.37 Kernel] [http://nin101.uni.cx/N900/rescueOS/2.6.37.sig Sig]

nin101: /* Usage */

2011-08-30T14:19:16Z

Usage

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	= Usage =		= Usage =
	''To be written''		''To be written''
		+
		+	You basically get a bash shell right after the bootup. However, some scripts in the directory /rescueOS/ want to simplify some tasks. Currently most of them are in an early stage, so if in doubt, '''do not rely''' on them.
		+
		+	'''Shutdown'''<br>
		+	* unmount the maemo rootfs if you mounted it
		+	* detach it (ubidetach -m 5)
		+	* poweroff -f
		+
		+	'''WiFi support'''<br>
		+	It has wpa_supplicant, but without EAP support. This should be ok for most home networks which use a PSK.
		+
		+	Give the following a try:
		+
		+	<pre>wpa_passphrase [essid] [password] > /wlan.conf
		+	sh /rescueOS/setup-wpa-wifi.sh</pre>
		+
		+	For DHCP, use udhcpc -i wlan0.
		+
		+	'''Charging'''<br>
		+	bash /rescueOS/charge21.bash

nin101: New page: rescueOS is a rescue solution for the N900, distributed as a tarball and as an initrd image. It has several features, most notable: * Mounting maemo root filesystem * Mounting EMMC partit...

2011-08-30T14:12:37Z

New page: rescueOS is a rescue solution for the N900, distributed as a tarball and as an initrd image. It has several features, most notable: * Mounting maemo root filesystem * Mounting EMMC partit...

New page

rescueOS is a rescue solution for the N900, distributed as a tarball and as an initrd image. It has several features, most notable:

* Mounting maemo root filesystem
* Mounting EMMC partitions (maemo home and MyDocs)
* USB mass-storage mode
* USB networking
* WiFi Support
* Battery charging

= Installation & Booting =
== tarball ==
The installation of the tarball is rather easy and is in many ways compareable with the installation of meego-ce. The only difference is that a microsd card won't get completely overwritten as we only need one partition and do not overwrite the whole card and it's partition table.
While it is recommended to create an ext4 partition, the kernel can actually handle ext2 and ext3.

We assume that you only need this if maemo is broken on your device, therefore we do not want to describe how to install it on the N900.

# Plug your microsd (through an adapter) into your computer.
# Find the device node of the first partition. For example, if it /dev/sdf1, run mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdf1. WARNING: All data on this partition will be deleted. It is possible to use a different partition. If you use the second, replace the "mmcblk0p1" in the kernel command line to mmclbk0p2.
# mount /dev/sdf1 /mnt/
# tar xfvjp rescueOS-0.X.tar.bz2 -C /mnt/
# umount /mnt/

That's it! You can now proceed with "Booting"

=== Booting tarball ===
After you have unpacked the tarball, we can boot it. You need [[flasher|flasher-3.5]].<pre>
flasher-3.5 -l -k 2.6.37 -b"root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rootwait rw console=ttyO2,115200n8 console=tty0 mtdoops.mtddev=2" wait for "suitable device not found"...</pre>
Connect your N900 with USB to your computer.
Once the kernel is send, unplug the USB. RescueOS is booting now.

== initrd ==
<pre>flasher-3.5 -k 2.6.37 -n initrd.img -l -b"rootdelay root=/dev/ram0"</pre>
Connect your N900 with USB to your computer.
Once the kernel is sent, unplug the USB. RescueOS should be booting now.

= Releases =
New versions are released from time to time.

=== Current version: 0.3 (2011-08-26) ===
Thanks to ShadowJK's [http://enivax.net/jk/n900/ meegocharge.tar], it can now charge the battery.

'''Download'''<br>
[http://nin101.uni.cx/N900/rescueOS/rescueOS-0.3.tar.bz2 tarball] [http://nin101.uni.cx/N900/rescueOS/rescueOS-0.3.tar.bz2.sig sig]

[http://nin101.uni.cx/N900/rescueOS/initrd.img initrd]

[http://nin101.uni.cx/N900/rescueOS/2.6.37 Kernel] [http://nin101.uni.cx/N900/rescueOS/2.6.37.sig Sig]

= Usage =
''To be written''