The following will help you install NITDroid 0.0.9 on sdcard with the old kernel while we all wait for a new kernel to be released.
# sudo
# cd /home/user/MyDocs
# wget http://downloads.nitdroid.com/e-yes/NITDroid-0.0.9.tar.bz2
# bzip2 -d NITDroid-0.0.9.tar.bz2
# mount /dev/mmcblk1p2 /and
# cd /and
# rm -rf * (this removes all the files from the old installation)
# tar xvf /home/user/MyDocs/NITDroid-0.0.9.tar
# cd /home/user/MyDocs
# wget http://downloads.nitdroid.com/nitinstaller/Packages/nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-06_final1_armel.deb (yes you have to reinstall the old kernel again till the new one is released)
# dpkg -i nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-06_final1_armel.deb
If you have it on emmc then change EXT to INT from item file. I will do the emmc install after when the new kernel releases.
Warning: Your current installation will get wiped out.
Update: DO NOT restore /data folder from 0.0.8 installation to 0.0.9.
9 comments:
If I backup my data folder upgrade and replace my data folder will all my apps and settings be restored on .0.9 ?
No they won't. You will get a Kernel panic error on boot.
Xuggs...
Please help.. below is what i did.. and there are errors as below... i am trying to install on EMMC
Devilhere(from Nitdroid forum)
/home/user/MyDocs # apt-get install bzip2
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
bzip2
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 51.5kB of archives.
After this operation, 188kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 https://downloads.maemo.nokia.com ./ bzip2 1:1.0.5-3+0m5 [51.5kB]
Fetched 51.5kB in 5s (8774B/s)
Selecting previously deselected package bzip2.
(Reading database ... 24677 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking bzip2 (from .../bzip2_1%3a1.0.5-3+0m5_armel.deb) ...
Setting up bzip2 (1:1.0.5-3+0m5) ...
/home/user/MyDocs # bzip2 -d NITDroid-0.0.9.tar.bz2
/home/user/MyDocs # mount /dev/mmcblk0p2 /and
/ # rm -rf*
rm: invalid option -- *
BusyBox v1.10.2 (Debian 3:1.10.2.legal-1osso30+0m5) multi-call binary
Usage: rm [OPTION]... FILE...
/ # tar xvf /home/user/MyDocs/NITDroid-0.0.9.tar
tar: cannot remove old file etc: Is a directory
/ # cd /home/user/MyDocs
/home/user/MyDocs # dpkg -i nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-06_final1_armel.deb
Selecting previously deselected package nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-06.
(Reading database ... 24696 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-06 (from nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-06_final1_armel.deb) ...
Android not found. MUST be mounted on '/and'
dpkg: error processing nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-06_final1_armel.deb (--install):
subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-06_final1_armel.deb
The problem is you entered "rm -rf*" instead of "rm -rf *". Every time you get a Usage message it means you entered something wrongly. In this case you forogt the space.
@topic: Thx for the great how-to! Got it to work although now my nitdroid is really slow and horribly painful to use. Any idea why?
Which item file do I edit I tried editing using:
leafpad multiboot.d
and doesn't let me edit it... opens up to a blank page.
I am a noob. please forgive my dumb question. I have never once tried to install ANY NITDROID but I just got a 2GB class 6 micro SD card for christmas.
Do I just need to follow the instructions on this page to get NITDroid to successfully run?
How will I switch back to maemo when it is installed?
there are like 6 sets of instructions and it gets very convoluted.
help my phone wont turn on it stays at a dim nokia logo and vibrates on and off when i charge this happen after this process
tar xvf /home/user/MyDocs/NITDroid-0.0.9.tar
anybody help pls
i can't mount mmcblk1p2.. its say no file or directory.. any help please..
well, I have a suggestion for you ;)
Maybe consider editing post and changing "rm -rf * (this removes all the files from the old installation)" to "rm -rf /and/* (this removes all the files from the old installation)" (I know user should be in /and directory at that moment anyway, but you know the result of this command when either he forgot to "cd /and" or something else went wrong and he is in another directory, right?) maybe it's more typing, but it's safer. At least one user ( http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=1003136 ) made that mistake.
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