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M_ller

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N900 and ArchMobile?

Hi there.

I was wondering if anybody has succesfully installed ArchMobile on the n900?
If so, could you possibly guide me step-by-step?

Regards,
Marcus

EDIT: I have seen topics about the same, but never read how to do it.

EDIT2: What I have done so far:
1. Followed the partition guide 100% (http://www.archmobile.org/trac/wiki/AM/ … rtitioning)
2. Followed the create-a-filesystem guide 100% (http://www.archmobile.org/trac/wiki/AM/ … Filesystem)
3. Downloaded the archmobile shell script and succesfully installed archmobile onto my SDCard (with exception of removing qemu at the end, but it is not important)
4. Edited /etc/fstap (on SDCard) to have this "/dev/mmcblk0p1 / ext2 defaults 0 1"
5. Installed bootmenu via application manager on the n900..
6. Added a bootmenu entry in /etc/bootmenu.d/ called arch.ext.item:
ITEM_NAME="arch ext sd"
ITEM_ID="arch"
ITEM_DEVICE="${EXT_CARD}p1}"
ITEM_MODULES="mbcache jbd ext2"
ITEM_FSTYPE="ext"
ITEM_FSOPTIONS="noatime,rw"

7. Tried booting -> no success

Anybody got some ideas/solutions?

Last edited by M_ller (2010-10-30 21:36:10)

moniker117

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Registered: 2010-06-18

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Re: N900 and ArchMobile?

I am afraid I don't have good ideas. :-|

It sounds like you are trying to dual boot your phone, is that what the bootmenu application does?  The examples in the links you provided seem to assume that the device has only one operating system.

floyd84

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Registered: 2010-11-05

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Re: N900 and ArchMobile?

Well maybe you can try it with u-boot.

I think the problem is the kernel, Nokia makes big changes.
If you are getting on, let me know it

dmz

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Re: N900 and ArchMobile?

Could you define 'no success'? What happens, exactly?

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M_ller

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Re: N900 and ArchMobile?

dmz:
Basically it times out when entering boot menu and choosing ArchLinux. Bootmenu is created with a time-out value, so after 10 or 20 seconds, it just reboots.

moniker117:
Yes, it is sold with 1 OS, but so far Ubuntu and Google Android (probably more) is running fine on the n900.

ikamusume

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Registered: 2010-11-15

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Re: N900 and ArchMobile?

Trying to get it run from within a chroot would be a first step.

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Nokia-N900 2.6.28.10power46 armv7l

M_ller

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Re: N900 and ArchMobile?

Trying to get it run from within a chroot would be a first step.

Could you guide me through that?

floyd84

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Re: N900 and ArchMobile?

just take the rootfs of archmobile or plugapps, put it on a micro usb card and chroot in.
thats what I did.

juandp77

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Registered: 2010-09-26

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Re: N900 and ArchMobile?

i got it installed and chrooted into my n900 i've also installed lxde and run it under xephyr like easy-debian but the problme its that lxde doesnt come with full package an programs i only can get lxterminal and thats it

M_ller

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Re: N900 and ArchMobile?

i got it installed and chrooted into my n900 i've also installed lxde and run it under xephyr like easy-debian but the problme its that lxde doesnt come with full package an programs i only can get lxterminal and thats it

Could you do a step-by-step guide here?
I'd like to know exactly what you've done

ikamusume

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Re: N900 and ArchMobile?

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=66531

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M_ller

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Re: N900 and ArchMobile?

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=66531

Thanks for posting that!
But could you explain to me quickly, what the deal with Easy-Debian is? What is it and what does it do?
Why do we need it to install Arch Linux?

juandp77

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Re: N900 and ArchMobile?

sorry for not post the link http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=66531 was done by me.

To resume Easy-Debian as I think is the best app for the n900 it has scripts that let you run arm-distros like debian, ubuntu, archmobile, fedora, chrooted into maemo and using Xephyr you can have desktops environments with gui

juandp77

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Re: N900 and ArchMobile?

take a look at this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izZ_eSUtBQo

Last edited by juandp77 (2010-12-06 18:02:27)