Clone OS to SD Deb!! Boot from SD made EASY!!

I made a DEB that will clone the currently running OS to a 2GB CARD. It will also clone it to bigger/smaller cards.

Notice if you want to install KDE using the KDE boot from SD deb.
INSTALL
On a 2GB card, you need to use a fresh flash. If you install a bunch of apps there will not be enough space to finish KDEv2 installation. However once KDEv2 is installed, there will be about 330MB free.

1GB
64MB FAT
872GB EXT2 (BOOT)
64MB SWAP

2GB
128MB FAT
1.75GB EXT2 (BOOT)
128MB SWAP

4GB
256MB FAT
3.5GB EXT2 (BOOT)
256MB SWAP

6GB
384MB FAT
5.255GB EXT2 (BOOT)
384MB SWAP

8GB
512MB FAT
6.6GB EXT2 (BOOT)
512MB SWAP

STANDARD WARNINGS APPLY

(SEE BELOW) for a link to the DEB if you want to try it out. NOTICE (It may HOSE your device and cause you to REFLASH your OS.)

Use at own risk. Take backups of any important data before continuing.

The new deb will partition your SD/MMC card, clone the Flash to the card. Install Boot Menu (with telnet support). Then you just reboot to your new menu and partition.

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This will partition and format SD card
This will clone currently running OS to SD card
This will install bootmenu (with telnet recovery)
This will fsck all EXT2 partitions on SD cards when booted to flash (plays wav when complete) (view log /tmp/fsck.txt)
This will add sudo ALL=ALL in /etc/sudoers (gives you root access “sudo su -”) Only on cloned partition not on flash
USE AT OWN RISK

– This will remove ALL current data on you SD card –

– This will remove ALL current data on you SD card –

– This will remove ALL current data on you SD card –

– This will remove ALL current data on you SD card –

– This will remove ALL current data on you SD card –

AGAIN THIS IS FOR EITHER SLOT IN N800, AND ONLY WILL INSTALL TO INTERNAL 2gb ON N810. (see special 810 external info at bottom).

YOU WILL NEED 20MB FREE IN FLASH BEFORE INSTALLING.

ONLY 1 SD CARD CAN BE INSERTED DURING INSTALL PROCESS. IF TWO ARE INSTALLED THE INSTALL WILL FAIL. REMOVE THE CARD and reinstall the DEB AND START AGAIN.

IF YOU COMPLETE THE INSTALL AND THE CLONE WONT BOOT, OR IF THE INSTALL FAILS. BOOT/REBOOT BACK TO FLASH AND RUN IT A SECOND TIME (LET IT UPDATE) THIS SHOULD FIX IT. SOME CARDS SEEM TO NEED TO BE REBOOTED BEFORE BEING USEFUL AFTER PARTITIONING

Get it from http://penguinbait.com
or
http://penguinbait.com/install-tools.deb

right click on “INSTALL TOOLS”

“save target as” (SAVE FILE ON FLASH NOT ON SD CARD)

Save the file somewhere, open application manager and select “install from file” from the menu. Select the file you just saved.

Once the install completes, reboot for your new bootmenu and select your SD card on boot.

PLEASE SEND ME LOG FROM APPLICATION MANAGER IF YOU GET A FAILURE

Thanks everyone, especially Fanoush (As Usual)

This deb steals all Fanoushes great work and packs it up with some scripting for my uses. If you would like to reinstall initfs with different options please see link below to Fanoush’s home page
INITFS FLASHER

For those who were asking, I created a N810 external slot version of the boot from SD deb.

Get it from http://penguinbait.com
or
http://penguinbait.com/install-tools-N810e.deb

right click on “INSTALL TOOLS EXTERNAL 810 SLOT”

“save target as” (SAVE FILE ON FLASH NOT ON SD CARD)

Save the file somewhere, open application manager and select “install from file” from the menu. Select the file you just saved.

Once the install completes, reboot for your new bootmenu and select your SD card on boot.

PLEASE SEND ME LOG FROM APPLICATION MANAGER IF YOU GET A FAILURE

After install it can be uninstalled from both Flash and SD.

Please review the thread on InternetTabletTalk.com for further information and other users experiences