[maemo-developers] latest RTCOMM 2008 beta makes n810 reboot

[From: Charles Werbick]

> Completely off-topic, but related: is there an easy way to get a
> usb-serial console during boot?
>
> regards
> Philipp
>

Philipp,
Check this out-
http://maemo.org/community/wiki/HowTo_EASILY_Boot_From_MMC_card
(and this-)
http://fanoush.wz.cz/maemo
for the initfs_flasher.

It's a replacement boot menu with several recovery options, I've got
it running fine on my n810 with the latest flash(50-2)...

It's a must have for anyone developing on their n800/n810. Right now
I've got 3 OS installs on my n810-
1. The internal flash- I keep userspace programs here, but don't do
any dev stuff. If I break the OS on the MMCs I can just boot from
flash!
2. a 600 mb partition on the external mmc with debug versions of most
libraries installed for testing. This is my main testbed for apps.
I've broken it a few times, but fixing it is ridiculously easy.
3. Another 600 mb partition on the external MMC I'm trying to set up
as a native development environment. (It's a work in progress.) This
partition is not bootable, though ideally I'd like it to be. Right now
I chroot into it. I basically cloned a fresh install, replaced busybox
with bash, and installed all the development tools. I'm still working
on installing all the -dev libraries. But the compiler works. With any
luck, I'll soon be comiling apps natively on the n810...

Anyway, booting from mmc really is a life saver. Check it out.

Charles Werbick