Nec MobilePro 770/780/790
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Format CF card using MobilePro 790
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Run Linux on your desktop, this how-to assumes you have Ubuntu live CD
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Use partition manager app to make 2 partitions. If you are using fdisk, type:
"o (enter) n (enter) p (enter) 1 (enter) (enter) +48 (enter) t (enter) 6 (enter) n (enter) p (enter) 2 (enter) (enter) (enter) w (enter)", then skip next 3 steps
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1 48 MB FAT32 was created at /dev/hde1 (was designated 'boot'), it should be large enough to hold your boot files
(NOTE: You cannot create a FAT32 partition, less than 48Mb. Use FAT16 instead).
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Check to make sure partition is recognised by MobilePro 790
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Use Ubuntu partition manager app to make 1 ext2 partition in the remainder of the space and that is at /dev/hde2
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In Ubuntu terminal:
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$ mkdir dos
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$ mkdir ext2
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$ sudo mount -t msdos /dev/hde2 dos
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$ sudo mount -t ext2 /dev/hde3 ext2
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Download files from Downloads page for some files, two links are available and only 1 resulted in a good download
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In Ubuntu terminal:
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$ sudo cp rootfs.tar.bz2 and picogui.tar.bz2 to ext2/
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$ sudo cp boot-files.tar.bz2 to dos/
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$ sudo tar -xvf rootfs first, then picogui, so that the files expand into ext2/
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$ sudo tar -xvf boot-files
and
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$ sudo cp vmlinux 0902.exe dos/
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$ sudo rm ext2/rootfs.tar.bz2 ext2/picogui.tar.bz2
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$ sudo umount dos
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$ sudo umount ext2
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Eject card (maybe should shutdown before ejecting next time)
Run Linux
Run 0902.exe on your hendheld. Specify
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Kernel name:
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\Storage Card2\vmlinux-770 (MP-770)
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\Storage Card2\vmlinux (MP-780/790)
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Frame Buffer:
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Mobile Pro 770 (MP-770)
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Mobile Pro 780 (MP-780/790)
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Options: root=/dev/hda2 rw
and press "Boot".
If you want PicoGUI, extract picogui.tar.bz2 to the root directory of your CF card just after you have extracted normal rootfs and use pgstart command to launch it.
