ARM/N900/Install/kexec

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Native installation is based on kexec. Default Maemo kernel however doesn't have support for it so it needs to be replaced first.

Download Kexec patches from here:

• first mirror address

• second mirror address

Instructions for compiling Maemo kernel can be found from: Maemo kernel guide

Create a symbolic link on N900 so that existing kernel modules will be used with the new kernel.

cd /lib/modules
ln -s 2.6.28-omap1 2.6.28-omap1-kexec-patched

Flash the patched kernel:

flasher -f -k zImage-kexec-patched

Install kexec user space application. TODO

Install Meego image on external micro mmc card.

sudo moblin-image-writer <image-file>

Connect external micro mmc card.

Run kexec

kexec -l /boot/zImage-2.6.33 --command-line="init=/sbin/init rootwait root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rw console=ttyS2,115200n8"
sync
kexec -e