http://bugs.maemo.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=User%3ASpeedevil%2FN900_software_rescue_disk 2026-04-05T03:49:37Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.15.5-7 http://bugs.maemo.com/index.php?title=User:Speedevil/N900_software_rescue_disk&diff=38095&oldid=prev 2010-08-26T09:32:40Z

<p><a href="/N900_Software_RescueDisk" class="mw-redirect" title="N900 Software RescueDisk">N900 Software RescueDisk</a> moved to <a href="/User:Speedevil/N900_software_rescue_disk" title="User:Speedevil/N900 software rescue disk">User:Speedevil/N900 software rescue disk</a>: orphaned page with no usable instructions</p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 09:32, 26 August 2010</td> </tr> <!-- diff generator: internal 2026-04-05 03:49:37 --> </table>

amigadave http://bugs.maemo.com/index.php?title=User:Speedevil/N900_software_rescue_disk&diff=34334&oldid=prev 2010-05-13T12:49:44Z

<p>I don&#39;t really get this page?</p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 12:49, 13 May 2010</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 4:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 4:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Well - flash it of course.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Well - flash it of course.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">none </del>of this is tested - it's hypothetical to get my thoughts in order.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">None </ins>of this is tested - it's hypothetical to get my thoughts in order.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Alternatives?</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Alternatives?</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">==Booting from mmc== (this does not work - the kernel does not support mmc)</del></div></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Get http://repo.meego.com/MeeGo/devel/n900/images/meego-codedrop-arm-n900-201003311626.tar.gz http://repo.meego.com/MeeGo/devel/n900/images/zImage-arm-n900</del></div></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Flash the kernel to the device.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==Booting from mmc==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">untar </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">image to the first partition of a microSD</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This doesn't work - </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">MeeGo kernel doesn't support MMC</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Use flasher to boot it.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"># Download [http://repo.meego.com/MeeGo/devel/n900/images/meego-codedrop-arm-n900-201003311626.tar.gz the MeeGo code-drop] and [http://repo.meego.com/MeeGo/devel/n900/images/zImage-arm-n900 the ARM kernel image]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Correct any oopses in script editing or stuff.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"># Flash the kernel to the device.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Reflash original kernel.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">#: ''How?'' --[[User:dneary|Dave Neary]] 12:49, 13 May 2010 (UTC)</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"># Untar the image to the first partition of a microSD.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"># </ins>Use flasher to boot it.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">#: ''How?'' --[[User:dneary|Dave Neary]] 12:49, 13 May 2010 (UTC)</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"># </ins>Correct any oopses in script editing or stuff.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"># </ins>Reflash original kernel.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==A better way==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==A better way==</div></td></tr> <!-- diff generator: internal 2026-04-05 03:49:38 --> </table>

dneary http://bugs.maemo.com/index.php?title=User:Speedevil/N900_software_rescue_disk&diff=34322&oldid=prev 2010-05-13T03:29:49Z

<p><span class="autocomment">Booting from mmc</span></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 03:29, 13 May 2010</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Alternatives?</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Alternatives?</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==Booting from mmc==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==Booting from mmc== <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(this does not work - the kernel does not support mmc)</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Get http://repo.meego.com/MeeGo/devel/n900/images/meego-codedrop-arm-n900-201003311626.tar.gz http://repo.meego.com/MeeGo/devel/n900/images/zImage-arm-n900</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Get http://repo.meego.com/MeeGo/devel/n900/images/meego-codedrop-arm-n900-201003311626.tar.gz http://repo.meego.com/MeeGo/devel/n900/images/zImage-arm-n900</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <!-- diff generator: internal 2026-04-05 03:49:38 --> </table>

speedevil http://bugs.maemo.com/index.php?title=User:Speedevil/N900_software_rescue_disk&diff=34229&oldid=prev 2010-05-11T09:52:05Z

<p>categorize</p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 09:52, 11 May 2010</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 24:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 24:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Place boot filesystem on MyDocs.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Place boot filesystem on MyDocs.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>boot it using flasher, as above, to pass appropriate parameters to kernel.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>boot it using flasher, as above, to pass appropriate parameters to kernel.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Category:N900]]</ins></div></td></tr> <!-- diff generator: internal 2026-04-05 03:49:38 --> </table>

amigadave http://bugs.maemo.com/index.php?title=User:Speedevil/N900_software_rescue_disk&diff=34126&oldid=prev 2010-05-10T11:26:55Z

<p>New page: This is a brief page outlining thoughts on rescue disks. If you&#39;ve bootlooped your device, and it sort-of-comes up - but not all the way - what can you do? Well - flash it of course. non...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>This is a brief page outlining thoughts on rescue disks.<br /> <br /> If you've bootlooped your device, and it sort-of-comes up - but not all the way - what can you do?<br /> Well - flash it of course.<br /> <br /> none of this is tested - it's hypothetical to get my thoughts in order.<br /> <br /> Alternatives?<br /> ==Booting from mmc==<br /> Get http://repo.meego.com/MeeGo/devel/n900/images/meego-codedrop-arm-n900-201003311626.tar.gz http://repo.meego.com/MeeGo/devel/n900/images/zImage-arm-n900<br /> <br /> Flash the kernel to the device.<br /> <br /> untar the image to the first partition of a microSD.<br /> <br /> Use flasher to boot it.<br /> Correct any oopses in script editing or stuff.<br /> Reflash original kernel.<br /> <br /> ==A better way==<br /> Work out how to boot a fs from MyDocs - which is a vfat partition.<br /> Plug n900 in - when off - it will now present MyDocs as a vfat device you can mount. Clear 500M or so of space (if needed).<br /> <br /> Place boot filesystem on MyDocs.<br /> boot it using flasher, as above, to pass appropriate parameters to kernel.</div>

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