New pdaXrom installer (to have just Root partition)

[himchen]

Zazz, can you test the installer 0.3 in your unit? (Edit it to just check if you want, without installing ) I just added a line wich changes MTDCMD to the offset you told me. Maybe there are two 860 versions?

I installed with the new installer (0.3) on my C860 and it worked without
problems.

Himchen

[Zazz]

I installed with the new installer (0.3) on my C860 and it worked without problems.

Thanks for posting this, so I am not alone with my C860 having the MTDCMD offset that it has.

Maybe we should package some minmal and unobtrusive test script together with /sbin/nandlogical that does a pure read-only test and that can be run directly without booting into maintenance mode to have more people confirm their offsets without risk.

[Ashley]

I installed with the new installer (0.3) on my C860 and it worked without
problems.

Good news. Congratulations!

Maybe we should package some minmal and unobtrusive test script together with /sbin/nandlogical that does a pure read-only test and that can be run directly without booting into maintenance mode to have more people confirm their offsets without risk.

Good idea! I agree. Maybe this weekend I got some time  :wink:

[fabianE]

Hello Ashley,

how do I get the mtdnand values? I executed mtdtweak, the result is sharpsl-nand:7168k@0k(smf), is this the number you are looking for?

Regards,

Fabian

[piotr]

great work Ashley!
thanks.
work as a charm in my 760.
piotr

[Ashley]

Hi everybody!

At last I\'ve found some time to write and test a small utility to test if the kernel command line is recognized before trying modified installer. This tool works in any (I supose) running rom, not in maintenance mode, and does not modify anything on z. So, you can safely test it  

The testing routines are the same I wrote for modified installer, so if they succeed, you should not have any problem to use modified installer.

To use it, just untar to your z and run mtdtest.sh.

It will create a dump file (80 bytes) of your mtdparts kernel command line called mtdnand. If testing fails, plase report attaching it to your message, this will help me a lot  :wink:

Ash

[rikm]

OK, I tried it on my 860 w/o success.  The file doesn\'t want to stay attached, the contents are below:

nd:7168k@0k(smf),k@7168k(root),-(home) ZAURUS_RESET=HARD jffs2_orphaned_

[Ashley]

OK, I tried it on my 860 w/o success.  The file doesn\'t want to stay attached, the contents are below:

nd:7168k@0k(smf),k@7168k(root),-(home) ZAURUS_RESET=HARD jffs2_orphaned_

The problem is that if you paste it as text, I can\'t see nulls. However, it seems your offset is different from other 860s!! It is 24 bytes less than 0X20A0C. Can you try to change offset to 0x209F4? (You just have to edit mtdtest.sh, line 23)

[rikm]

The 760 setting worked, good call.  Any idea why?

[zxerx]

Sharp Zaurus SL-C760 detected.
Testing mtdparts kernel command line from your nand...

Dumping data starting at 0x000209f4 and ending at 0x00020a44...
Dumping 209f4 - 20a44
mtdparts recognized!
You can use modified installer to install pdaXrom in a single root partition!

[piotr]

Hi,
I am using Your modification from few days and it work great!
I discover  that after installing ipk or at boot time I am getting such a message:

ldconfig: /usr/local/lib/libXp.so.6 is not a symbolic link

ldconfig: /usr/local/lib/libXp.so.2 is not a symbolic link

Everything works ok but I just want you to ask it is somehow connected to your modification?
It is a way to fix it or it is ok as it is?? :-)
Piotr
ps. What does your latest file?? If Ive installed pdaxrom on one partition should I check something with that script??
thanks

[Ashley]

The 760 setting worked, good call.  Any idea why?

The differences between 760 and 860 are very very few. Maybe early 860s are just 760s with a different kernel (for USB storage) and latest (another release, i presume) include more changes.

Then, it\'s easy to use modified installer. You can edit last version to change MTDCMD offset (and encode it to make usable as installer) or use version 0.2, which as a matter of fact was changed to suit (some) 860s.

If this happens to more people i can modify installer again to automate this thing.

Ash.

[Ashley]

piotr, I don\'t know why this happens to you. I\'ve not seen that on my z, and don\'t think it is related to have just the root partition. Also, I don\'t know how to fix it :wink:

ps. What does your latest file?? If Ive installed pdaxrom on one partition should I check something with that script??
thanks

It is just a testing tool for people who are afraid to run installer directly  :wink: It runs in normal mode, not maintenance. If it succeeds, you can *safely* use modified installer.

Ash.

[piotr]

Thanks!
:-)

[zaai]

Just reflashed my C860 with pdaXrom and a single root partition, using updater v0.3.  It worked like a charm.  :-D
Would be awesome if this will become part of the standard pdaXrom.
btw, when is the new release due? Looking forward to it *jumps up and down*