Re: Cpoying image to internal flash

2008-09-04 Thread Eli
On Sunday 31 August 2008 08:54:47 am William Kenworthy wrote:
> I am trying out 2008.9 and am impressed that its almost usable.  Before
> I put too much effort into configuring the image I have on the SD card,
> is it possible to move an SD card image to the phone itself?

You may be able to adapt the technique I used for moving Debian from the uSD 
card into flash: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianOnFreeRunner/MovingToFlash

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Re: Cpoying image to internal flash

2008-09-01 Thread W.Kenworthy
I partitioned the SD card with 2G vfat for p1 and the rest as ext2 as p2
(8G card)

Then copy the files you want accessible from (in my case) 2007.2 into
the first partition.  The uboot will start from the SD image fine from
the uboot menu (picks up the uImage.bin file and seems to not care there
are other files/dirs present), while booted into 2007.2 its
on /mnt/card, and /media/mmcblk0p1 as is usual, with the second
partition on /media/mmcblk0p2

BillK



On Mon, 2008-09-01 at 07:42 +0200, "Marco Trevisan (Treviño)" wrote:
> William Kenworthy wrote:
> > I am trying out 2008.9 and am impressed that its almost usable.  Before
> > I put too much effort into configuring the image I have on the SD card,
> > is it possible to move an SD card image to the phone itself?
> 
> I'm interested in this too, but I'd like to know if there's a way to 
> mount the rootfs partition when you're running a distro from the SD 
> card. I can do only the contrary!
> 

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Re: Cpoying image to internal flash

2008-08-31 Thread roguemoko
Alasal wrote:
> Please define almost usable. I use the om2008.8 and I'm happy with it. It has
> some limitations, but I can live with it. But ofcourse if the unstable
> 2008.9 is more stable than om2008.8, I would love to 2008.9.
>
> So therefor some questions about the usability:
> - Can you connect to wifi, then disconnect, go into suspend, go out of
> suspend and reconnect?
> - Can you go into suspend, go out of suspend and connect the usb and ping to
> it?
> - Does it take also 10 sec before you here the ring of someone calling
>   

Suspend is still broken afaik.

Yes, it still takes some time for the display and ring to actually initiate.

If you use opkg update/upgrade, these issues are likely  to be fixed in 
the future and you can report when they are. Otherwise you will be 
asking this quetion every update, as I would be if I didn't put faith in 
the developers and test their software so I can report success or failure.

The more you use what is being developed, the more you will submit 
information releveant to fixing the problems, rather than asking if they 
are still there.

And it's not simply a matter of picking the working distribution, they 
all seem to have a similar set of core problems, except for maybe 
debian, of which I'm yet to play with. So unless people take the leap of 
faith, these things will only take longer to fix.

Sarton

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Re: Cpoying image to internal flash

2008-08-31 Thread Marco Trevisan (Treviño)
William Kenworthy wrote:
> I am trying out 2008.9 and am impressed that its almost usable.  Before
> I put too much effort into configuring the image I have on the SD card,
> is it possible to move an SD card image to the phone itself?

I'm interested in this too, but I'd like to know if there's a way to 
mount the rootfs partition when you're running a distro from the SD 
card. I can do only the contrary!

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Re: Cpoying image to internal flash

2008-08-31 Thread roguemoko
Dale Maggee wrote:
> Care to define "almost usable" a little more thoroughly?
> my two major questions being:
> 1. does it register on the GSM network properly? usable as a phone?
> 2. What doesn't work?
>   

I thought this had been answered ...

Everyone's milage varies but  my answers would be:

Yes, Sort of.
Lots.

But more importantly, it's a lot better than anything else released by 
openmoko.

I'd suggest tracking the bug reports as the _answers_ to at least the 
last question will always be fluid and due to change with any new 
update. If you have specific facilities you need to utilise, I'd suggest 
asking about those facilities rather than 'what doesn't work'. I doubt 
you will ever get a comprehensive answer.

Sarton

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Re: Cpoying image to internal flash

2008-08-31 Thread Alasal

Please define almost usable. I use the om2008.8 and I'm happy with it. It has
some limitations, but I can live with it. But ofcourse if the unstable
2008.9 is more stable than om2008.8, I would love to 2008.9.

So therefor some questions about the usability:
- Can you connect to wifi, then disconnect, go into suspend, go out of
suspend and reconnect?
- Can you go into suspend, go out of suspend and connect the usb and ping to
it?
- Does it take also 10 sec before you here the ring of someone calling?


William Kenworthy wrote:
> 
> I am trying out 2008.9 and am impressed that its almost usable.  Before
> I put too much effort into configuring the image I have on the SD card,
> is it possible to move an SD card image to the phone itself?
> 
> BillK
> 
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Re: Cpoying image to internal flash

2008-08-31 Thread Dale Maggee
William Kenworthy wrote:
> I am trying out 2008.9 and am impressed that its almost usable.  Before
> I put too much effort into configuring the image I have on the SD card,
> is it possible to move an SD card image to the phone itself?
>
> BillK
>
>   
Bill,

Care to define "almost usable" a little more thoroughly?

my two major questions being:
1. does it register on the GSM network properly? usable as a phone?
2. What doesn't work?

Cheers,
-Dale

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Re: Cpoying image to internal flash

2008-08-31 Thread Al Johnson
On Sunday 31 August 2008, William Kenworthy wrote:
> I am trying out 2008.9 and am impressed that its almost usable.  Before
> I put too much effort into configuring the image I have on the SD card,
> is it possible to move an SD card image to the phone itself?
>
> BillK

In sort, yes, so long as the image isn't going to be too big. Search the 
wiki - the instructions are in there.

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Cpoying image to internal flash

2008-08-31 Thread William Kenworthy
I am trying out 2008.9 and am impressed that its almost usable.  Before
I put too much effort into configuring the image I have on the SD card,
is it possible to move an SD card image to the phone itself?

BillK

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