Hi Everyone,
First up I am a newbie who decided for various reasons to move away from iOS to Android. I purchased a new android phone and got the nook color 1.2.0. I have to admit that the primary reason for getting the nook color was after reading about the possibility of being free. That I read here:
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/hi...50-nook-color-into-a-full-android-tablet/7630
The nook arrived and despite multiple attempts I am unable to boot from either my 2GB or 4GB Sandisk cards.
I read this: http://www.androidtablets.net/forum...color-now-what-aka-complete-idiots-guide.html
Since autonooter is not yet out for 1.2.0 I had to go manual using clockworkmod recovery.
I followed the instructions by huskermania on youtube here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmmmm8cBpe0&feature=fvsr
I downloaded 2gb and 4gb cwm from here: http://tsunade.net/nookdev/clockwork/0.1-ext4/
The files that I have in my sd card at the time of boot are:
http://mirror.cyanogenmod.com/get/update-cm-7.0.3-encore-signed.zip
http://android.d3xt3r01.tk/cyanogen/gapps/gapps-gb-20110307-signed.zip
and of course the cwm -> mlo, u-boot.bin, uImage, uRamDisk.
When I boot the nook it boots normally but then I find the following directories created in the sd card:
B&N Downloads, LOST.DIR and My Files.
I even tried instructions here separately:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054027
All with the same result. If any of you have any suggestions it will be much appreciated.
Thank you,
jynthn
I lucked out a little yesterday. Using evergreen's post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957 I was able to boot from my sd card. I couldn't book from the 16G Transcend but from the 4GB Sandisk.
I just want to tell you all how cool cm7 is. I love it. I will wait for a bit before I venture out and flash the nook.
Once again, thanks!
jynthn said:
I lucked out a little yesterday. Using evergreen's post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957 I was able to boot from my sd card. I couldn't book from the 16G Transcend but from the 4GB Sandisk.
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Sandisk is far more reliable than Transcend.
I just want to tell you all how cool cm7 is. I love it. I will wait for a bit before I venture out and flash the nook.
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I must agree with you there. I screwed around with my auto-nootered NC, got rather annoyed with the hiccups, and tried CM7 on SD. Wow! Restored my emmc to stock, then upgraded to 2.1 and left it there for a few weeks, to see if I needed the stock software.
Nope.
I have 2 SanDisk 4 GB Class-4 uSDHC that I can't install using evergreen's installer (V1.3) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957. (I'm installing to the card)
I have tried using 2 NCs (OS 1.2 / 1.3).
I also have a PNY 2GB Class-2 (unmarked) which works well (CM7.1.0 and CM7.1.0-rc1), and a PNY 8GB Class-4 which doesn't work.
I tried cloning the installed PNY 2GB to a SanDisk but that loops during boot (which others have experienced). My guess is some of them have had write failures during install, which they have not seen on the screen. The install does not stop - so you would need to watch carefully.
The issue is write failures during the install. The output is identical to many posts on the web for other devices, and as discussed in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122185, and http://openpandora.org/pipermail/firmware-dev/2011-May/000140.html.
http://68.183.106.108/lists/linux-omap/msg40248.html is also interesting.
Is our mmc built from public source - if so could you point me to the appropritate file?
Thanks
I do not think you can just move your files to a new card... Have you tried just making a fresh card and then restoring your apps and data using titanium?
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I didn't move the files, I cloned the card.
ie Use Win32DiskImager to read the disk into a file on computer and then use that image to write the new card. That preserves all of the structure of the device. In the case of a larger card you can stop at that, in which case the space beyond the 4th partition is wasted. Or you can extend the 4th partition using something like Paragon Partition Manager 11 (free). I have used that same (2GB) image file to rebuild and boot the PNY card without problem.
When the cloned card was booted, the CM7.1.0-RC1 kernel and everything else was known to work on the PNY card - the only thing that had changed was the brand of card.
The point of this post is not about the cloning, it is that the Install to card fails on SanDisk 4GB Class-4 (the kernel that is running at that time is the installer).
I have used 2 new SanDisk cards that work when inserted in the NC running B&N NookOS. I have also given them a thorough check with ChkFlsh.
I believe these cards expose some timing information that the MMC can read and use to determine timeouts.
Is it possible to configure the vergreen installer to log such that I can capture it with adb logcat, so you can have a clear picture of what is happening during the install. I had adb logcat running during the install, but there is no output (it didn't attach).
Out of curiosity, I rebooted the broken install with adb logcat attached. Looping is around the skateboarder running in and doing a couple of cicuits. The log is attached. There are lots of files not found (/data/data seems to be missing), in line with the errors during install.
I also attach an anaysis of the SD card done from linux. The 3rd partition was completely hosed (failed fsck).
Interestingly, I have just repeated the clone experiment. (2gb PNY -> 4gb Sandisk with no extension of the 4th partition - but this time using CM7.1.0 (Release)). It has booted cleanly. Has anything changed in the kernel to address this problem? If yes there may be a need for verygreen to update his loader. I will leave the SanDisk running for the next few days.
HTH
Thread title pretty much says it all. I'm trying to install CM7 to boot from SDcard, following verygreen's instructions here using a Class 4 4gig Sandisk uSD. The Nook Color is running 1.3 Stock, has not been rooted.
No matter what I did, I ended up with similar results: after putting the card in the NC it would start the CM7 set-up routine, but would eventually start kicking back dozens of lines of "end_request: i/o error, dev ###" (bunches of numbers and etc). The install would finish despite these, but on trying to boot the NC using the card, it would either end up in a bootloop on the CM7 logo (the circle just going around and around endlessly) or lock up right at the green cyanogenmod logo.
Did a whole lot of reading on the forums, and testing:
I used both WinImage and Win32diskimager to write the image to the card.
I tried a different cardreader than the one I was first using.
I tried a wholly different 4G class 4 Sandisk uSD.
I tried different CM7 ROM releases (stables and nightlies).
I ran chkdsk and h2testw on the cards to verify they were good (they were; no read/write errors).
(Note: using Easeus PM, I wiped the cards and recombined the partitions after each failed attempt.)
I couldn't find anything else about this type of error, except something on it being an error caused by specific Linux kernels or OMAP or something in respect to SD cards. (Not a Linux guy, so it was all a bit greek.)
Afterwards, I went out and bought a Class 4 8gig Sandisk uSD, installed and booted without a hitch on the first try.
From all this I can assume: it's not the card reader, the cards aren't bad, it's not the image or the ROM choice, it's not the imaging program I'm using, the NC and the NC's slot are fine.
So, anyone have any ideas why the 4gig cards won't work? What is causing that error? And how or if it is possible to correct that error? (I have another NC I'd like to use one of the cards with.)
I know "just be happy with the 8G card and forget about it"...I could. But I'm more curious to find out why the 4G's aren't working and see if it is possible to get them to work.
Did you FORMAT the SD cards FAT32?
I did not see that in your posting above.
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Did you FORMAT the SD cards FAT32?
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Sorry. Yes, all the cards were formatted to FAT32.
Some more info:
The problem appears to occur when the card is partitioning itself. Immediately after this line: "writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information", with the errors happening on "mmcblk1".
I've also tried creating the cards with this method and a couple of different images. The image appears to write fine, but either the install hangs while the ROM's files are being inflated (I get no I/O errors), or the install completes, but the NC will not boot.
So I want to simply suspect the cards are bad, but none of the programs I've run on them can find any bad sectors or kick back any read/write errors??
I think there is a guide for that, but not exactly, it's for ROM.
So, can you tell me how to dual-boot CM7/CM9 off uSD?
Also, what uSD size should I buy??
If by ROM you mean to internal memory, I.e.emmc, then the only ROM left on internal memory is the stock froyo if you follow the guide. Cm9 and the cm7.2 MiRaGe kang dual boot through the SD.
The MiRaGe 7.2 kang is great. Leaner and meaner, it has all the functionality of the 7.1 stable, but with some bug fixes and additional toolchains added. It is highly recommended. The current ICS build is awesome as well.
Racks' dual-boot guide is clear as glass and easy as pie. You'll love it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1448186
As for SD cards, the lower the class the better, because they excel at I/o small sized information quickky. Sandisk class 2 is working great for me, although I have seen class 4 recommended as well. I have a 16 gig, combined with all the free cloud storage out there, I cant see anyone really needing anymore. I found 8 a little restrictive, but I have converted to using the nook as my music player as well.
I agree with mateorod. Use Rack's dual-boot rom. I actually went back and reflashed the latest B&N stock to my eMmc (which restores my warranty), and am running the CM7/CM9 dual-boot from an sdcard (I don't even have a magic Sandisk Class 4 YET...but it still performs acceptably for me).
wajed said:
I think there is a guide for that, but not exactly, it's for ROM.
So, can you tell me how to dual-boot CM7/CM9 off uSD?
Also, what uSD size should I buy??
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You're probably confused the term "ROM".
It's like an OS and required to have whether it resides on eMMC (aka. internal memory) or off the external uSD.
CM7 is a ROM. CM9 is a different ROM.
And btw, mateorod provided the link to the excellent instructions by Rack.
I just got my uSD card, and thankfully now there is a dropbox download in the thread.
Thanks guys.
help please:crying::crying::crying::crying:
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help please:crying::crying::crying::crying:
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If you want to run stock OS, but with Gapps etc. etc., read the first post on this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2062613
If you want to run CM10.1, read the first post on this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2063968
These are pretty easy to follow and should not cause any problems. Just remember, if you're running windows, it might be difficult to view the different folders once you install to SDcard. For that, you will need to setup ADB. It isn't too difficult, but if you run into any trouble, just search the forums, there are plenty of very helpful responses.
Thank you tarthenal, i will try this
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Is dr any easier way to root my nook hd?
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Is dr any easier way to root my nook hd?
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No, those are the only two ways for 2.0.6. And that first method does root it.
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It's actually very easy once you start doing it . Don't be overwhelmed, take it step by step and you'll be fine. The forums here are full of helpful people and most issues have been sorted out. I managed (using leapinlar's excellent thread) to get it done in a short time.
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It's actually very easy once you start doing it . Don't be overwhelmed, take it step by step and you'll be fine. The forums here are full of helpful people and most issues have been sorted out. I managed (using leapinlar's excellent thread) to get it done in a short time.
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Thank you very much for the links. I am a total newbie with rooting. Would one of you kindly answer the following questions for me. I have the HD+ w/ 16 GB and 2.0.6 software.
1. What size / class microSD card would you recommend I buy for rooting? Should I have more than one card available?
2. Does the rooted OS get installed to the internal memory, or to the SD card?
2a. If the latter, would it make sense to get a 32 GB card so I could have 16 GB for the Nook stock OS and 32 GB for the rooted OS?
3. When a Nook software update breaks root do I loose all of my data on the rooted OS?
Thank you!
seabrewed said:
Thank you very much for the links. I am a total newbie with rooting. Would one of you kindly answer the following questions for me. I have the HD+ w/ 16 GB and 2.0.6 software.
1. What size / class microSD card would you recommend I buy for rooting? Should I have more than one card available?
2. Does the rooted OS get installed to the internal memory, or to the SD card?
2a. If the latter, would it make sense to get a 32 GB card so I could have 16 GB for the Nook stock OS and 32 GB for the rooted OS?
3. When a Nook software update breaks root do I loose all of my data on the rooted OS?
Thank you!
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1. I am using the 16GB, Class 4 SandDisk card. Generally speaking, the SanDisk Class 4 ones seem to be the most stable and give the best results (most people on the forum use them). Either 16 or 32 GB should be fine.
2. It depends on which method of 'rooting' you use. If you want to 'root' stock B&N OS, you can just use leapinlar's thread here or if you want to run CM10 off the SD card, use verygreen's CM10 instructions here. I've found the 02/20 file he's posted in the first post on the thread to be extremely useful by the way. It's been stable for the past 24 hours and giving very good performance. If you want to run a 'hybrid' install, with CM10 on the internal memory use leapinlar's thread here.
I would suggest reading each method carefully and deciding which works best for you. I'm going with booting CM10 off the SD card (2nd method) as I don't want to fiddle with stock/internal memory too much and it's been relatively stable and smooth for me. But some people prefer the first method and some like the third. More knowledgeable posters should be able to tell you the 'best' option (if such a thing exists ).
2a. It really depends on how much data/media files/documents you have. I only use mine for reading ebooks/pdfs and have found 16gb SD card+16 Gb internal storage more than enough. BTW, running CM10 off the SD card does not mean you cannot use the internal memory for storage, similarly for the hybrid option.
3. Not to my knowledge, unless you wipe the whole partition. I think the /data and other folders remain intact (I could be wrong though).
Hope that helps. Enjoy your new found freedom
seabrewed said:
Thank you very much for the links. I am a total newbie with rooting. Would one of you kindly answer the following questions for me. I have the HD+ w/ 16 GB and 2.0.6 software.
1. What size / class microSD card would you recommend I buy for rooting? Should I have more than one card available?
2. Does the rooted OS get installed to the internal memory, or to the SD card?
2a. If the latter, would it make sense to get a 32 GB card so I could have 16 GB for the Nook stock OS and 32 GB for the rooted OS?
3. When a Nook software update breaks root do I loose all of my data on the rooted OS?
Thank you!
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1. Feedback says that best card is Sandisk 16GB class 4. I have Kingston 16GB class 4 and its very good too. Seems that class 4 cards are best.
If you want use Hybrid install (Hybrid SD for CM10/10.1 on the HDplus and Stock Dual Boot) then yes, you need two cards. But i think for starting is good run CM10 alone at SD. Later you can grow up.
2. You have available three choices:
- rooted os with availability install third party applications (for installing have good any class 4 sd card 4GB and bigger): HD/HDplus Stock Root and other Mods - via CWM flashable zips
- stock or rooted os and you go run Nook HD+ CM10 development (sdcard) Any 16GB class 4 sd card is good for it
- rooted os and you go use Hybrid SD for CM10/10.1 on the HDplus and Stock Dual Boot, which runs little bit smoother than sd version
3 If you run CM10 at sd then you dont loose root, because your stock wont be updated still you turn your nook to stock. But yes, new update to stock can brake old root. but if i look back, any change was hacked again by us devs
Hope you got finally your answers.
Sorry Tarthenal
datas0ft said:
1. Feedback says that best card is Sandisk 16GB class 4. I have Kingston 16GB class 4 and its very good too. Seems that class 4 cards are best.
If you want use Hybrid install (Hybrid SD for CM10/10.1 on the HDplus and Stock Dual Boot) then yes, you need two cards. But i think for starting is good run CM10 alone at SD. Later you can grow up.
2. You have available three choices:
- rooted os with availability install third party applications (for installing have good any class 4 sd card 4GB and bigger): HD/HDplus Stock Root and other Mods - via CWM flashable zips
- stock or rooted os and you go run Nook HD+ CM10 development (sdcard) Any 16GB class 4 sd card is good for it
- rooted os and you go use Hybrid SD for CM10/10.1 on the HDplus and Stock Dual Boot, which runs little bit smoother than sd version
3 If you run CM10 at sd then you dont loose root, because your stock wont be updated still you turn your nook to stock. But yes, new update to stock can brake old root. but if i look back, any change was hacked again by us devs
Hope you got finally your answers.
Sorry Tarthenal
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Ha ha, no worries, two heads are better than one
datas0ft said:
1. Feedback says that best card is Sandisk 16GB class 4. I have Kingston 16GB class 4 and its very good too. Seems that class 4 cards are best.
If you want use Hybrid install (Hybrid SD for CM10/10.1 on the HDplus and Stock Dual Boot) then yes, you need two cards. But i think for starting is good run CM10 alone at SD. Later you can grow up.
2. You have available three choices:
- rooted os with availability install third party applications (for installing have good any class 4 sd card 4GB and bigger): HD/HDplus Stock Root and other Mods - via CWM flashable zips
- stock or rooted os and you go run Nook HD+ CM10 development (sdcard) Any 16GB class 4 sd card is good for it
- rooted os and you go use Hybrid SD for CM10/10.1 on the HDplus and Stock Dual Boot, which runs little bit smoother than sd version
3 If you run CM10 at sd then you dont loose root, because your stock wont be updated still you turn your nook to stock. But yes, new update to stock can brake old root. but if i look back, any change was hacked again by us devs
Hope you got finally your answers.
Sorry Tarthenal
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Thank you! I will stick with CM10 on SD for my first go at it. If the speed gets to me, I'll try the hybrid method. Really appreciate the response guys!
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1. I am using the 16GB, Class 4 SandDisk card. Generally speaking, the SanDisk Class 4 ones seem to be the most stable and give the best results (most people on the forum use them). Either 16 or 32 GB should be fine.
2. It depends on which method of 'rooting' you use. If you want to 'root' stock B&N OS, you can just use leapinlar's thread here or if you want to run CM10 off the SD card, use verygreen's CM10 instructions here. I've found the 02/20 file he's posted in the first post on the thread to be extremely useful by the way. It's been stable for the past 24 hours and giving very good performance. If you want to run a 'hybrid' install, with CM10 on the internal memory use leapinlar's thread here.
I would suggest reading each method carefully and deciding which works best for you. I'm going with booting CM10 off the SD card (2nd method) as I don't want to fiddle with stock/internal memory too much and it's been relatively stable and smooth for me. But some people prefer the first method and some like the third. More knowledgeable posters should be able to tell you the 'best' option (if such a thing exists ).
2a. It really depends on how much data/media files/documents you have. I only use mine for reading ebooks/pdfs and have found 16gb SD card+16 Gb internal storage more than enough. BTW, running CM10 off the SD card does not mean you cannot use the internal memory for storage, similarly for the hybrid option.
3. Not to my knowledge, unless you wipe the whole partition. I think the /data and other folders remain intact (I could be wrong though).
Hope that helps. Enjoy your new found freedom
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Thank you very much! I just ordered a 32 GB Sandisk class 4.
Ok, I am a bit stuck here. I have the 32 GB Sandisk Class 4 SD card. And the steps I have taken
1. Burned sdcard-cwm-early4.img.gz with Win32 Image Burner from the SD card on my laptop. Windows could only see a 118 MB partition, but nothing else.
2. I booted in a Linux Live CD and was able to see the other partitions on the SD card.
3. I copied over the cm-10-20130220-UNOFFICIAL-ovation.zip and GAPPS to the other partitions that were viewable on the live CD
4. Booted into CWM
5. Mounted /SDCARd
6. Went to install ZIP from /sdcard.
The message I received was the "no files were found".
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Aaron
You should be able to see the files that were installed by the .img. If not then the burn did not occur correctly.
Once you can see them place the ROM file in the same folder that you can see in Windows and rename it to the name of the file that is installed by the .img.
seabrewed said:
Ok, I am a bit stuck here. I have the 32 GB Sandisk Class 4 SD card. And the steps I have taken
1. Burned sdcard-cwm-early4.img.gz with Win32 Image Burner from the SD card on my laptop. Windows could only see a 118 MB partition, but nothing else.
2. I booted in a Linux Live CD and was able to see the other partitions on the SD card.
3. I copied over the cm-10-20130220-UNOFFICIAL-ovation.zip and GAPPS to the other partitions that were viewable on the live CD
4. Booted into CWM
5. Mounted /SDCARd
6. Went to install ZIP from /sdcard.
The message I received was the "no files were found".
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Aaron
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By "other partitions that were viewable on the live CD", what did you mean? Was there a very large partition that was fat32 formatted? It should be named CM10SDCARD. Did you find that one?
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leapinlar said:
By "other partitions that were viewable on the live CD", what did you mean? Was there a very large partition that was fat32 formatted? It should be named CM10SDCARD. Did you find that one?
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Hi Leapinlar,
After burning the .img with Win32 IB, I could only see the 118 MB paritition as a drive letter. The remaining space was together in an unrecognized partition.
Here's what I can see from the respective OSes.
From Puppy Linux Live SD
mm0p1 vfat 117MB
mm0p2 vfat 770MB
mm0p3 ext4 2.0 GB
mm0p5 vfat 26.9 GB
From Windows
118 MB Fat32
Remaining space is in an unrecognized partition
What else should I try? Is it better to use linux to flash the SD card?
seabrewed said:
Hi Leapinlar,
After burning the .img with Win32 IB, I could only see the 118 MB paritition as a drive letter. The remaining space was together in an unrecognized partition.
Here's what I can see from the respective OSes.
From Puppy Linux Live SD
mm0p1 vfat 117MB
mm0p2 vfat 770MB
mm0p3 ext4 2.0 GB
mm0p5 vfat 26.9 GB
From Windows
118 MB Fat32
Remaining space is in an unrecognized partition
What else should I try? Is it better to use linux to flash the SD card?
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That is the way it is supposed to be in Windows. One drive. That is why you need to use the live CD.
The mm0p5 vfat 26.9 GB is the partition you want. Mount that with the file manager and copy those files to it.
Sent from my Nook HD running CM10.1 on Hybrid SD
leapinlar said:
That is the way it is supposed to be in Windows. One drive. That is why you need to use the live CD.
The mm0p5 vfat 26.9 GB is the partition you want. Mount that with the file manager and copy those files to it.
Sent from my Nook HD running CM10.1 on Hybrid SD
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I am sorry everyone, I have spent over ten hours on this and am no closer to getting the CM10 and GAPPS copied over to the SD card. No matter what I do, the first VFAT/FAT32 partition is 115-118 MB, which I believe is by design. The free space on this drive is 4 MB, so not enough room to move the .zip files over. As I understand there are three other partitions created, with the last paritiion being the remaining space in a VFAT/FAT32 parition. I can never access this last partition, so I can't copy over the ZIP files to load CM10 and GAPPS.
I have tried dozens of times burning with Win 32 Image Burner, and using dd from both Puppy Linux and an Ubunutu Live CD. I purchased a USB Micro SD HC reader because I read that the built-in SD card readers in laptops aren’t very well supported in Linux.
I have both a 32 and 16 GB Sandisk Class 4 card that I am using. Both cards have the same issue. In Windows, I made sure to run the SDFormatter tool before burning. I once attempted to to manually create the partitions in Mini Partition Tool and burn the image, but that partition information is overridden whenever applying the image to SD card.
In Windows I can “sometimes” see the remaining space on the 4th VFAT/FAT32 partition using the Mini Partition Tool. Windows is not able to read more than the first partition for removable media, so no luck in accessing the contents there.
Note that I was only able to see these additional partitions once in Puppy Linux and never on Ubuntu. Using gparted on the two Live CDs was not successful at distinguishing anything other than the first 118 MB partition. The remaining space in gparted for the SD card has a “Warning” icon saying that it can’t be accessed.
I am using a Dell Latitude 6320 to burn the SD card. I am so frustrated and really want to get this working. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. I feel so foolish!
seabrewed said:
I am sorry everyone, I have spent over ten hours on this and am no closer to getting the CM10 and GAPPS copied over to the SD card. No matter what I do, the first VFAT/FAT32 partition is 115-118 MB, which I believe is by design. The free space on this drive is 4 MB, so not enough room to move the .zip files over. As I understand there are three other partitions created, with the last paritiion being the remaining space in a VFAT/FAT32 parition. I can never access this last partition, so I can't copy over the ZIP files to load CM10 and GAPPS.
I have tried dozens of times burning with Win 32 Image Burner, and using dd from both Puppy Linux and an Ubunutu Live CD. I purchased a USB Micro SD HC reader because I read that the built-in SD card readers in laptops aren’t very well supported in Linux.
I have both a 32 and 16 GB Sandisk Class 4 card that I am using. Both cards have the same issue. In Windows, I made sure to run the SDFormatter tool before burning. I once attempted to to manually create the partitions in Mini Partition Tool and burn the image, but that partition information is overridden whenever applying the image to SD card.
In Windows I can “sometimes” see the remaining space on the 4th VFAT/FAT32 partition using the Mini Partition Tool. Windows is not able to read more than the first partition for removable media, so no luck in accessing the contents there.
Note that I was only able to see these additional partitions once in Puppy Linux and never on Ubuntu. Using gparted on the two Live CDs was not successful at distinguishing anything other than the first 118 MB partition. The remaining space in gparted for the SD card has a “Warning” icon saying that it can’t be accessed.
I am using a Dell Latitude 6320 to burn the SD card. I am so frustrated and really want to get this working. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. I feel so foolish!
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You will never see it in Windows no matter how many times you burn it. So stop trying.
You did see the partitions in Linux because you posted the output here. What you are failing to do is "mount" the partition so it becomes a drive letter in Linux. I do not know enough about Linux to tell you the specific commands to mount it, but I have done it somehow. If you look in gparted, it will tell you if the partition is mounted or not. If not, you must figure out how to mount it. If it is mounted, note the drive letter and look for that in your file manager. When you open the Linux file manager, do you see some drives in the upper left corner?
By the way, did you boot with your card in the nook once so those partitions get created? You have to. I know you did it earlier since you posted the Linux output. But every time you reburn it, you have to do it again as reburning destroys the partitions.
Edit: If you don't get it going soon, I recommend you abandon any more attempts at installing the standard SD method and go to my Hybrid approach. You do not have to do any of this ADB or Linux nonsense with my set up. Just copy the CM and gapps zips to internal memory and install with CWM from there.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
leapinlar said:
You will never see it in Windows no matter how many times you burn it. So stop trying
You did see the partitions in Linux because you posted the output here. What you are failing to do is "mount" the partition so it becomes a drive letter in Linux. I do not know enough about Linux to tell you the specific commands to mount it, but I have done it somehow. If you look in gparted, it will tell you if the partition is mounted or not. If not, you must figure out how to mount it. If it is mounted, note the drive letter and look for that in your file manager. When you open the Linux file manager, do you see some drives in the upper left corner?
By the way, did you boot with your card in the nook once so those partitions get created? You have to. I know you did it earlier since you posted the Linux output. But every time you reburn it, you have to do it again as reburning destroys the partitions.
Edit: If you don't get it going soon, I recommend you abandon any more attempts at installing the standard SD method and go to my Hybrid approach. You do not have to do any of this ADB or Linux nonsense with my set up. Just copy the CM and gapps zips to internal memory and install with CWM from there.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
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Thanks Leapinlar, I don't remember putting the SD card in the Nook after burning and then returning it to the computer to over the CM and gapps. I didn't realize that was a requirement (was that in the instructions from verygreen?). I'll try that once more and if it doesn't work, I'm giving up on that and trying your Hybrid route!
I'll let you know how it goes. I can't believe how limited the Nook store is and can't wait to get some more apps installed.
seabrewed said:
Thanks Leapinlar, I don't remember putting the SD card in the Nook after burning and then returning it to the computer to over the CM and gapps. I didn't realize that was a requirement (was that in the instructions from verygreen?)
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His instructions said to use ADB so you boot and connect the cable instead of remove and put back in the PC. Many people had trouble getting ADB to work so other users started to say to use Linux.
And you don't have to install CM10 to enjoy more apps. Just go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread and flash the gapps + extras zip and you can get all the apps you want on stock.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD