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[Q] Noob question: How to boot from SD?

I tried to create a CM7 bootable SD card per the thread entitled "Size-agnostic SD Card image and CM7 installer for SD Cards. with updater."
I used WinImage to create the supposedly bootable SD card with the installer, placed it into my Nook which was fully off, and the Nook booted as usual instead of from the SD card.
Am I missing something? How do you boot from an SD card?
Is there such a thing as a boot choice menu like on my PC or is the default always to boot from the SD card?
Does the Nook have to be rooted for this to work?
Thanks
ETA: My PC shows the uSD card as nearly full, but my Nook shows the SD card as nearly empty (1.74 out of 1.84 GB available).

When you bought your Nook, did it have a blue sticker on the box? And does internal storage show 1GB or 5GB for you?
Also, you did drop an update CM7 zip file onto the imaged uSD before you tried booting off it right?

angomy said:
When you bought your Nook, did it have a blue sticker on the box? And does internal storage show 1GB or 5GB for you?
Also, you did drop an update CM7 zip file onto the imaged uSD before you tried booting off it right?
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No blue sticker was on the box. The internal storage shows 5GB.
Yes, I had a CM7 zip file on the imaged card. (The latest encore nightly)
Interestingly, my PC shows the uSD (2 GB) as nearly full. The Nook shows it as nearly empty (1.74 out of 1.84 available).

JowBe said:
No blue sticker was on the box. The internal storage shows 5GB.
Yes, I had a CM7 zip file on the imaged card. (The latest encore nightly)
Interestingly, my PC shows the uSD (2 GB) as nearly full. The Nook shows it as nearly empty (1.74 out of 1.84 available).
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When you burned the installer img, did you run WinImage as administrator? Also, when you put it in your reader it comes up as boot (drive letter in Windows, with files like uImage, uRamdisk, mlo, u-boot.bin, right?

angomy said:
When you burned the installer img, did you run WinImage as administrator? Also, when you put it in your reader it comes up as boot (drive letter in Windows, with files like uImage, uRamdisk, mlo, u-boot.bin, right?
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Yes, I ran WinImage as administrator. And yes, it shows up in Windows explorer as boot and yes those files are there.

Could it be because my Nook operates in "factory mode," in order to skip initial registration?

You should run it and register it and setup wifi and everything first. Get the stock software working fine and dandy (its not half bad actually). Then, checkout this guide for installing CM7 onto an SD card:
http://clubnook.com/forum/showthread.php?953-Rooting-Instructions
It has worked for some rooting rookies so far and includes both windows and mac guides specific to SD cards.

JowBe said:
Could it be because my Nook operates in "factory mode," in order to skip initial registration?
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I'm not sure, because I ran through initial registration on stock prior to running CM7 off SD --- I used the same image (verygreen's agnostic at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957) as you did without a hitch.
If you decide to run CM7 off internal sometime you're going to need to register the nook anyway.
You could try an alternate bootable SD (e.g., using an image from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13283643&postcount=34) to eliminate one of the two: a) your nook having issues booting from SD or b) your SD install is not set up correctly.

An update: I decided to try to create a bootable SD from another bootable image (MonsterRootPack with CWR). This time the nook wouldn't even turn on. I'm going to try to create a third bootable SD as angomy has suggested to see what happens.
I need to add that when I removed the uSD card, it booted normally.
Also, when I create the bootable SD with winimage, I get a dialog box that tells me that the format of the SD card is not right and asks me if I want to resize the image. But this happened on both the images. I don't know if this has anything to do with it.

angomy said:
You could try an alternate bootable SD (e.g., using an image from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13283643&postcount=34) to eliminate one of the two: a) your nook having issues booting from SD or b) your SD install is not set up correctly.
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Ok, I tried the CWR image in the link you gave. Same problem - no-go. Just sits there dead. I remove the uSD and it boots normally.

FWIW you do not have to boot into stock B&N at all before you setup and install to CM7 SD card. One of my NCs has never ever booted into stock ROM at all, I installed CM7 onto SD card and running off that from the moment it was unboxed.
The NC will always boot off the SD card first, so if it's booting off eMMC instead then there must be something wrong with the img that you wrote to your SD card.
Make sure that you have a freshly formatted SD card, preferably one with good small random block r/w speeds (eg Sandisk class 4 8G). Follow the instructions in verygreen's "Size Agnostic..." OP to the letter. Re-download all the files as you may have a corrupted one. Make sure to check MD5 this time. Try using Win32diskimager instead, the 0.1 version works better.
It should work. Good luck.

ebubar said:
You should run it and register it and setup wifi and everything first. Get the stock software working fine and dandy (its not half bad actually). Then, checkout this guide for installing CM7 onto an SD card:
http://clubnook.com/forum/showthread.php?953-Rooting-Instructions
It has worked for some rooting rookies so far and includes both windows and mac guides specific to SD cards.
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Thanks for the link. I have given this some thought, and it doesn't seem reasonable that booting from an SD card should depend upon the state of registration of the device because the whole idea of booting from an SD card means that the content of the SD card is loaded in the place of the stock software.

robot8 said:
FWIW you do not have to boot into stock B&N at all before you setup and install to CM7 SD card. One of my NCs has never ever booted into stock ROM at all, I installed CM7 onto SD card and running off that from the moment it was unboxed.
The NC will always boot off the SD card first, so if it's booting off eMMC instead then there must be something wrong with the img that you wrote to your SD card.
Make sure that you have a freshly formatted SD card, preferably one with good small random block r/w speeds (eg Sandisk class 4 8G). Follow the instructions in verygreen's "Size Agnostic..." OP to the letter. Re-download all the files as you may have a corrupted one. Make sure to check MD5 this time. Try using Win32diskimager instead, the 0.1 version works better.
It should work. Good luck.
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Thanks. Yes, I just replied to another poster that I didn't think that the state of registration of the device should matter since the whole purpose of a bootable SD card is to load the contents of the SD in place of the stock.
I have followed the instructions in verygreen's thread to the letter - several times. Also, I have tried to make other bootable SDs without success. But that's a good idea about trying Win32diskimager. Also, I will try a Sandisk class 4 card SD as soon as I can get to a store.
I do have a question. When I format the SD card what "allocation unit size" should I be using? (formatting through Windows) The default is 32 kb.

PROBLEM SOLVED!
Thanks to everyone for trying to help me figure this out. The winning idea belongs to robot8.
When I switched from using WinImage to using Win32diskimager, it worked immediately. I am now running CM7 on my Nook Color! Took forever and a day to boot though.

Congrats!
Re: allocation unit size, do you mean cluster size? Depends on how big the FAT32 partition is --- larger clusters used means more actual space used but too large a size can reduce access speed. Generally Windows defaults to suggested 4k for up to 8GB, 8GB-16GB = 8k, 16-32GB = 16k, and 32+ = 32kb.
Also the first boot is the longest --- shouldn't take as long after that. Welcome to CM7 - I don't regret installing it over stock after waffling for weeks on whether or not I'd use stock at some point -- CM7 is just too much faster with too many more options and tweaks for my impatience to deal with stock Froyo.

THANK YOU OP!
I had the same issue, tried 20x various ways, 2 different computers, 2 different SD readers, and it was WinImage that wasnt working correctly. Win32DiskImager solved it.
Thanks.

JowBe said:
PROBLEM SOLVED!
Thanks to everyone for trying to help me figure this out. The winning idea belongs to robot8.
When I switched from using WinImage to using Win32diskimager, it worked immediately. I am now running CM7 on my Nook Color! Took forever and a day to boot though.
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Thanks so much! This finally got it to work for me too. Loving my new Android tablet

FWIW, WinImage does not work. Maybe it used to work, but it does not now. I posted about this a few days ago here.

[Q] Trying to make bootable CM7 card....what did I do wrong?

I'm trying to create a bootable SD card with CM7. I followed the instructions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957.
I've put the CM7 file on the card, but when I put in in my nook and boot it just goes to the nook software. Can anyone help me with what I did wrong? When I look at the SD card, I see these files:
cm_encore_full-253.zip
u-boot.bin
uRamdisk
uImage
MLO​And it looks like the nook put some stuff on it when it booted, folders called:
My Files
B&N Downloads
LOST .DIR
.android_secure​
Any help would be vastly appreciated!

Girevik said:
I'm trying to create a bootable SD card with CM7. I followed the instructions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957.
I've put the CM7 file on the card, but when I put in in my nook and boot it just goes to the nook software. Can anyone help me with what I did wrong? When I look at the SD card, I see these files:
cm_encore_full-253.zip
u-boot.bin
uRamdisk
uImage
MLO​And it looks like the nook put some stuff on it when it booted, folders called:
My Files
B&N Downloads
LOST .DIR
.android_secure​
Any help would be vastly appreciated!
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If you are still booting into the stock ROM I would say you have a bad image and to do it again.....

As I think back through the process, the only thing I was a bit confused on was the generic image. After downloading it, I expanded it out using winrar before writting it to the SD card with winimage. Was that the right thing to do?

Girevik said:
As I think back through the process, the only thing I was a bit confused on was the generic image. After downloading it, I expanded it out using winrar before writting it to the SD card with winimage. Was that the right thing to do?
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Try again with Win32DiskImager

votinh said:
Try again with Win32DiskImager
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Do I need to expand the image out first with winrar, or will the Win32DiskImager handle that?

Girevik said:
I'm trying to create a bootable SD card with CM7. I followed the instructions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957.
I've put the CM7 file on the card, but when I put in in my nook and boot it just goes to the nook software. Can anyone help me with what I did wrong? When I look at the SD card, I see these files:
cm_encore_full-253.zip
u-boot.bin
uRamdisk
uImage
MLO​And it looks like the nook put some stuff on it when it booted, folders called:
My Files
B&N Downloads
LOST .DIR
.android_secure​
Any help would be vastly appreciated!
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You have to preface the ROM zip files with "update-", so change the name of the zip file to update-cm_encore_full-253.zip. Additionally, you're missing some files that would allow the ROM to be written to the sd, specifically uRecRam and uRecImg. You should probably go back and review the instructions and start from the beginning.

Girevik said:
As I think back through the process, the only thing I was a bit confused on was the generic image. After downloading it, I expanded it out using winrar before writting it to the SD card with winimage. Was that the right thing to do?
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You should have wound up with an .img file that you write to SD with WinImage. From that linked page:
[...] Grab the installer image here:
http://crimea.edu/~green/nook/generi...rd-v1.3.img.gz
it's a ~9M image that would unpack into ~130M disk image.
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Did you wind up with a ~130M .img file?
From what you've written, sounds like the write wasn't good and it doesn't even start to boot.
Also, when it does boot, watch the process as CM is extracted when you boot that disk. Per the top part of that guide, some cards work better than others.

shumash said:
You have to preface the ROM zip files with "update-", so change the name of the zip file to update-cm_encore_full-253.zip. Additionally, you're missing some files that would allow the ROM to be written to the sd, specifically uRecRam and uRecImg. You should probably go back and review the instructions and start from the beginning.
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Will try that, but would it skip the boot from the SD card all together because of that?

bobstro said:
You should have wound up with an .img file that you write to SD with WinImage. From that linked pageid you wind up with a ~130M .img file?
From what you've written, sounds like the write wasn't good and it doesn't even start to boot.
Also, when it does boot, watch the process as CM is extracted when you boot that disk. Per the top part of that guide, some cards work better than others.
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Looks like my image, after I expanded it with WirRar, is more like 117MB (123,379,200 bytes). Do I need to bring down the image and expand it again?

Creating a bootable CM7 uSD using winimage and verygreen installer:
1.Download winimage, verygreen boot image, CM7 zip or Mirage zip, gapps zip...
2.Unpack the verygreen .gz to get the .img file inside
3.Put your SD card in your card reader
4.Open winimage....
5.Disk->Use disk (whatever your sd card is)
6.Disk->Restore virtual hard disk image on physical drive (select the verygreen .img file-change .vhd to .* if you don't see it)
7.Click ok on the warning and you should have a boot disk
8.Right click the CM7 zip and "send to" your new boot disk
9.Pop out the SD card, put it in the Nook
10.Boot the Nook, let it install and turn off
11.Put the SD card back in your PC, transfer the gapps zip to it, put back in Nook
12.Turn on the nook, let it boot to CM7
13.Connect to wifi (saves a little hassle later when google wants you to log in)
14.Press the power button, restart, to recovery
15.Let gapps install then turn off
16.Restart the nook
17.Touch the android
18.Log in to your google account
19.Install whatever google apps you want (don't worry if you don't get them all now, the market will still have them later)
20.Enjoy
I recommend using DizzyDen's patch after step 1 if you want better market support. I make the IMEI from my Nook's serial # and use these build.prop edits.

Girevik said:
Do I need to expand the image out first with winrar, or will the Win32DiskImager handle that?
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The more answer you get, the more confusion.
Anyway, follow this carefully.
Assuming you running Windows on PC.
1. Download (or redownload) the file from your link. It is .gz file, it is a zip file, so you need to unzip it. After unzip, you will get the .img file, and that's the one you need to write off your uSD card.
2. Execute Win32DiskImager (assuming you already downloaded), prefer an old version, r0.15 or something like that.
3. Create a bootable uSD. After this step, your PC should see the uSD as "boot" and inside, it should have only 4 files as you listed above.
4. Copy the ROM into the boot directory (like you listed above) and properly eject the uSD off the PC.
5. Insert the uSD into the NC and power it up. You don't have to do anything else, it will FULLY AUTOMATICALLY detects the zip file (the ROM file), install, then delete and then shut down. Note: you don't touch anything.
6. Now, you have to power it up.
7. Repeat step 4 to get the GApp installed by trying to boot into recovery (this step needs your skill, read the how-to from the link you posted)

gallahad2000 said:
Creating a bootable CM7 uSD using winimage:
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1.Download winimage, verygreen boot image, CM7 zip, gapps zip...
2.Unpack the verygreen image to a .img file
3.Put your SD card in your card reader
4.Open winimage....
5.Disk->Use disk (whatever your sd card is)
6.Disk->Restore virtual hard disk image on physical drive (select the verygreen .img file-change .vhd to .* if you don't see it)
7.Click ok on the warning and you should have a boot disk
8.Right click the CM7 zip RENAME IT WITH THE PREFIX "update-" and "send to" your new boot disk
9.Pop out the SD card, put it in the Nook
10.Boot the Nook, let it install and turn off
11.Put the SD card back in your PC, transfer the gapps zip to it, put back in Nook
12.Turn on the nook, let it boot to CM7
13.Connect to wifi (saves a little hassle later when google wants you to log in)
14.Press the power button, restart, to recovery
15.Let gapps install then turn off
16.Restart the nook
17.Touch the android
18.Log in to your google account
19.Install whatever google apps you want (don't worry if you don't get them all now, the market will still have them later)
20.Enjoy
I recommend using DizzyDen's patch after step 1 if you want better market support. I make the IMEI from my Nook's serial # and use these build.prop edits.[/QUOTE]

shumash said:
6.Disk->Restore virtual hard disk image on physical drive (select the verygreen .img file-change .vhd to .* if you don't see it)
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It appears this was my problem. I was using "write disk" rather than the restore option. I now appear to have CM7 on the card (althought it's been on the bootup screen for a while, and I now need to get the gapps installed.

Girevik said:
It appears this was my problem. I was using "write disk" rather than the restore option. I now appear to have CM7 on the card (althought it's been on the bootup screen for a while, and I now need to get the gapps installed.
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I made the same mistake, it's not really explained in any of the guides.
shumash said:
8.Right click the CM7 zip RENAME IT WITH THE PREFIX "update-" and "send to" your new boot disk
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That's an unnecessary step. The verygreen installer will flash it even without the prefix.

shumash said:
You have to preface the ROM zip files with "update-", so change the name of the zip file to update-cm_encore_full-253.zip. Additionally, you're missing some files that would allow the ROM to be written to the sd, specifically uRecRam and uRecImg. You should probably go back and review the instructions and start from the beginning.
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No, you don't... the recovery script is setup to find "update-*" "cm_encore_full*" and gapps-gb*" files. So, as long as your file begins with everything up to the * it will work.
uRec* won't be present until the script actually runs once. The script creates the uRecRam and uRecImg files to use on further boots into recovery mode.

DizzyDen said:
No, you don't... the recovery script is setup to find "update-*" "cm_encore_full*" and gapps-gb*" files. So, as long as your file begins with everything up to the * it will work.
uRec* won't be present until the script actually runs once. The script creates the uRecRam and uRecImg files to use on further boots into recovery mode.
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Thanks for the clarification, I just knew he was wrong.

DizzyDen said:
No, you don't... the recovery script is setup to find "update-*" "cm_encore_full*" and gapps-gb*" files. So, as long as your file begins with everything up to the * it will work.
uRec* won't be present until the script actually runs once. The script creates the uRecRam and uRecImg files to use on further boots into recovery mode.
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Thanks for clarifying my misconceptions. At one time, a standard "cm_encore_full*" file didn't take and did when I added the "update-" to it.
That's why we come here, to learn at the feet of the masters.

[Q] [CWM 3.2.0.1] can't boot from MicroSD card (Nook Color)

Problem: ClockworkMod not booting from MicroSD card
What I'm trying to do: Dual-boot CyanogenMod 7 with the stock Nook Color with Cyanogen 7 on a MicroSD card, but without rooting the Nook Color.
What I've done so far:
1. Downloaded ClockworkMod 3.2.0.1 from download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-3.2.0.1-encore.img
2. Downloaded Win32DiskImager from launchpad.net/win32-image-writer/trunk/0.3/+download/win32diskimager-RELEASE-0.3-r27-binary.zip
3. Using Win32DiskImager, flashed ClockworkMod onto the MicroSD card.
4. Ejected MicroSD card.
5. Inserted MicroSD card into Nook Color (which is turned off)
6. Connected Nook Color to PC via USB cable
7. Powered on Nook Color
8. Watched as standard Nook Color boots. Nothing at all displays related to ClockworkMod.
Other troubleshooting thus far
a. I've gone back to step 3, used Windows 7 to just format the SD card to ensure it was blank, and then started with Step 3 again.
b. I've ensured the MicroSD card is set properly into the Nook Color.
c. I've tried holding down the power key on the Nook Color (no effect).
d. Searched these forums via its Search function, and searched via Google (most references use ClockworkMod 3.0.2.8, which a few posts mention does not work on the "blue dot" version of Nook Color.
Misc:
MicroSD card: SanDisk Type-2 4GB
Nook Color (the "blue-dot" version that starts with a 1GB partition for side-loading)
PC: Windows 7 64-bit, built-in SD card reader/writer
Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Ynglaur said:
Problem: ClockworkMod not booting from MicroSD card
What I'm trying to do: Dual-boot CyanogenMod 7 with the stock Nook Color with Cyanogen 7 on a MicroSD card, but without rooting the Nook Color.
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Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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If all you're trying to do is setup a bootable SD card with CM7 on it, and retain the ability to also boot to the stock Nook ROM, try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957

Based on "What I'm trying to do" and "What I've done so far", you are heading to the completely wrong direction.
A good thing is you had not been able to get into CwM Recovery, otherwise, you made a mess of your NC.
Just stop "what you've done so far" and follow the link that shumash provided above.

shumash said:
If all you're trying to do is setup a bootable SD card with CM7 on it, and retain the ability to also boot to the stock Nook ROM, try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957
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Agreed, you don't need clockwork mod for an SD card install. Follow the directions in my signature (adds some details that verygreen leaves out).

Installing image for CM7
I have a nook color that was purchased just a week ago and had 1.4.0 firmware on it. I had updated it to 1.4.1 before noticing that this particular firmware blocked the nook from being hacked. I had read in one of the threads how to revert back to 1.4.0, adding acclaim.zip file to the sd card would do the trick. I tried this and when my nook went to sleep, nothing. I ended up using the nook-complete-restore-1.0.1.zip with a clockworkmod recovery file and followed steps provided in other threads. Then I was stuck at the "n" screen and could not get any further. With an additional 8 Factory resets and doing the complete restore a second time I was able to get back to what I believe is factory. The difference is, out of the box I had 1.4.0 and now I have 1.3.0. I believe this is fine.
I am wanting to put CM7 with google apps on my nook. I have read a thread that suggested putting an agnostic size image file and when used, my 16gb sd card went down to >200 mb. What is a good image file to use for my card or what am I doing wrong? I am using Win32DiskImager to write my images. I have tried generic-sdcard.img for both 1.1 and 1.3 and the above still happens. I loose over 14gb of space.
I have downloaded the following to use once I have figured out what image to use. update-cm-7.1.0-encore-signed.zip for my CM7 and gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip for my google apps.
Thanks for all the hard work that is put into making our nook experience the best!!!

dhed73 said:
[...] The difference is, out of the box I had 1.4.0 and now I have 1.3.0. I believe this is fine.
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If you're installing CM anyhow, the version of B&N running is not important, correct.
I am wanting to put CM7 with google apps on my nook. I have read a thread that suggested putting an agnostic size image file and when used, my 16gb sd card went down to >200 mb.
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Going by that name, you were doing a CM install to SD. If you'd completed that process, it would have made use of the rest of your SD card.
What is a good image file to use for my card or what am I doing wrong?
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Are you trying to:
1. Root stock (doesn't sound like it)
2. Install CM to SD for dual boot
3. Install CM to eMMC
I have downloaded the following to use once I have figured out what image to use. update-cm-7.1.0-encore-signed.zip for my CM7 and gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip for my google apps.
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You might want to check out CM 7.2 RC0 Mirage (search here). It incorporated all of the fixes and some optimizations up through CM n253.

I am wanting to install CM to SD for dual boot. I have completed the process for adding the image to my card. The problem is that, after adding the image I now have 115mb on my 16gb card. If, I go ahead and install to my SD card will the space on the card be opened up or do I have to do something else?

dhed73 said:
I am wanting to install CM to SD for dual boot. I have completed the process for adding the image to my card. The problem is that, after adding the image I now have 115mb on my 16gb card. If, I go ahead and install to my SD card will the space on the card be opened up or do I have to do something else?
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If you're getting that 115mb number from your PC card reader on Windows, that's misleading because that's just the size of the boot partition. There are other partitions on the card that take up space and are formatted to be used by CM7. Boot into CM7 on the SD card and see how much space you've got on the /sdcard partition. It should be many gb.
To see how the card is partitioned and the sizes in Windows, get Easeus Partition Master. It's free. If the last partition (the 4th) isn't fully allocated, use Easeus to do it. Don't resize any of the other partitions until you really know what you're doing.

shumash said:
If you're getting that 115mb number from your PC card reader on Windows, that's misleading because that's just the size of the boot partition. There are other partitions on the card that take up space and are formatted to be used by CM7. Boot into CM7 on the SD card and see how much space you've got on the /sdcard partition. It should be many gb.
To see how the card is partitioned and the sizes in Windows, get Easeus Partition Master. It's free. If the last partition (the 4th) isn't fully allocated, use Easeus to do it. Don't resize any of the other partitions until you really know what you're doing.
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I have a issue with downloading cm7 on a sd card ive followed all the steps and boot it and it downloads and restarts and seems to be working but the touch screen isnt working. My nook is version 1.3 any help would be appreciated.

lesdavid said:
I have a issue with downloading cm7 on a sd card ive followed all the steps and boot it and it downloads and restarts and seems to be working but the touch screen isnt working. My nook is version 1.3 any help would be appreciated.
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I had the same problem when I had to restore my nook color. I ran the program, in my case the nook system restore file, a second time. After I had done this, my touch screen was back working.
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shumash said:
If you're getting that 115mb number from your PC card reader on Windows, that's misleading because that's just the size of the boot partition. There are other partitions on the card that take up space and are formatted to be used by CM7. Boot into CM7 on the SD card and see how much space you've got on the /sdcard partition. It should be many gb.
To see how the card is partitioned and the sizes in Windows, get Easeus Partition Master. It's free. If the last partition (the 4th) isn't fully allocated, use Easeus to do it. Don't resize any of the other partitions until you really know what you're doing.
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shumash,
Thanks..... after downloading the easeus partition file I found that you were correct and I had 14gb left over. I had a hard time booting into recovery for the google app file but, it finally happened. I am up and running and want to thank everyone for the help.

gallahad2000 said:
Agreed, you don't need clockwork mod for an SD card install. Follow the directions in my signature (adds some details that verygreen leaves out).
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Many thanks. The instructions in your signature worked perfectly. Just curious: is there a freeware image-making software app that doesn't expire after 30 days?

[GUIDE/TOOLS - NOW OBSOLETE] HDplus CM10/10.1 Easy Install Guide for Legacy SD

UPDATE 05/28/13 - Now that verygreen has changed his SD scheme to his new version, this guide should not be used on his ROMs dated 5/27 or newer. Use his new image and follow his new instructions. If you want to see the old instructions click on the Show Content button below.
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Many users have had difficulty installing the HD+ CM10/10.1 ROMs using the Original/Legacy (verygreen) SD setup (especially Windows users). I have written this guide and have made some tools that should make it easier. No need for ADB or Linux. I have upgraded the CWM (clockworkmod) recovery to version 6.0.2.8 which includes larger fonts, a brighter screen and the ability to use the internal storage for installing zips and performing backups. It also uses verygreen's process from his early4 zip that aligns partitions at 2M. This guide and tools are for the Original/Legacy SD setup by verygreen, not the Hybrid. If you want the Hybrid, go here.
Setting up the SD
Begin by downloading the files you need either with stock or your PC. You will need my updated SD image file, attached below (do not use the early4 image from the verygreen thread), the CM ROM zip you want to install and the gapps zip to match it. Put the last two zips on your internal media sdcard built into the HD+. You can get the HD+ CM10 ROMs here and the HD+ CM10.1 ROMs here. You can get the gapps zips here, 20121011 for CM10 and 20130301 for CM10.1.
Extract the SD image zip and you will have a 117MB .img file. Burn that to your SD with Win32DiskImager in Windows or the dd command in Linux or OSX. The SD needs to be at least 4GB and preferably a SanDisk Class 4.
To use Win32DiskImager, find it on the web (here, it's free) and install it on your Windows PC. Open it (be sure to run it as administrator) and select the drive (device) that has your card reader with your SD inserted. Then in the image file box put the location where you have the extracted img file. Then when everything is set right, click on the write button. A warning will pop up asking if you want to proceed. When you have verified that you are going to write to the correct device, click on Yes. (One user overwrote their external USB hard drive by not verifying first.) If you get an error message about access denied, it means you are looking at the drive with Windows Explorer. Close Windows Explorer and try again. In fact, it is a good idea to close all unnecessary windows when burning, even your browser.
When burning is complete, insert the SD into the Nook and boot. It should boot to the cyanoboot logo and sit there for a little while while it creates the other partitions on the SD and formats CM10SDCARD. Then it will end up in CWM for HD+ Original SD. If it does not leave the cyanoboot logo within a reasonable time (it hangs sometimes), just touch the power key and CWM should come up. To use CWM, press the volume up/down keys to move the cursor and the n key to select an item. The power key is the back button.
Installing ROMs
You can use the "install zip from SD/choose zip from internal memory" option to flash the CM ROM you downloaded earlier to your internal memory sdcard. Then you can flash the right version of gapps to match your ROM.
When you reboot (you need to leave the SD in the slot), the CM ROM should start. You will need to register with Google to set up Play Store.
If you later want to upgrade your ROM to another build, download it to your CM10SDCARD partition using CM. Then boot to CWM and flash it.
Backing Up
This version of CWM lets you back up and restore your setup. You can even back up to internal memory. It does not back up /boot, but does back up /system, /data and /cache.
Swapping EMMC and SDCARD
Some users have installed CM to a small SD card and want their apps to use the large internal media storage to store their data. I have developed a couple of zips to swap EMMC and SDCARD when booted to CM so that internal memory is available to your apps to store their files. One zip will add the swap and one will remove it. Get them attached below.
These zips can be flashed with CWM but will only install to the Original SD with CM. I just fixed a bug in the rev0 and rev1 zips. If you already flashed rev0 or rev1, you need to flash the remove zip before you flash the rev2 fixed version. No need to boot in between.
With rev2, both SDCARD and EMMC will show internal media storage, as will both MTP folders. A new folder, ext_sdcard, will show the external SD media partition.
Updating earlier versions of CWM
Updating prior installs of the Original SD installation to this new version of CWM is easy. Just download the ramdisk zip file attached below and extract the file. Put your old SD setup in your PC and rename the ramdisk.cwm to ramdisk.cwm.bak. Then copy the new ramdisk.cwm you just extracted to the card, replacing the version that was there. Next time you boot to CWM, the 6.0.2.8 version for HD+ Original SD will be there.

Change Log
Change Log
05/28/13 - guide is obsolete starting with the 5/27/13 ROM
05/15/13 - removed warning, resolved
04/10/13 - added warning running CM10.1.
03/09/13 - added rev2 of the swap zip, as it failed on CM10.1
03/08/13 - added rev1 of the swap zip to fix a permissions bug.
03/07/13 - retitled thread
03/03/13 - added CM10/10.1 SDswap zips
02/27/13 - Initial posting

OP Updated

Re: [GUIDE/TOOLS] HDplus CM10/10.1 Easy Install Guide and Tools for Original SD
For hd plus only?
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Re: [GUIDE/TOOLS] HDplus CM10/10.1 Easy Install Guide and Tools for Original SD
mrDAXpax said:
For hd plus only?
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Yes, you can use bokbokan's hybrid image to do it the same way for the HD. And I think his standard image does it too.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD

question...
Sorry if this has been answered somewhere else but, I did this using a 32gb card and everything I running smooth. I have a 64gb card that I want to switch it out for. I know it won't be a problem doing the root and all of that again, but I was wondering if anybody knows how to change the 32gb SD card back to normal? When I stick it in my computer all it shows is the boot partition and when I try to format it, it only formats that's partition. Meaning that my 32gb card turns into a worthless 116 mb card. I've tried on windows and Ubuntu and get the same results...
So does anybody have any suggestion?

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startoxic said:
Sorry if this has been answered somewhere else but, I did this using a 32gb card and everything I running smooth. I have a 64gb card that I want to switch it out for. I know it won't be a problem doing the root and all of that again, but I was wondering if anybody knows how to change the 32gb SD card back to normal? When I stick it in my computer all it shows is the boot partition and when I try to format it, it only formats that's partition. Meaning that my 32gb card turns into a worthless 116 mb card. I've tried on windows and Ubuntu and get the same results...
So does anybody have any suggestion?
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Yes, use SDFormatter free from the web. It will do it.
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Thank you, I will try that and let you know how it works

This is probably a stupid question, but once I've got the SD card set up properly, can I then go ahead and delete the ZIP files that I've installed? Or do I need to keep them kicking around? Figure if I can free up some space, I should.

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stormerider said:
This is probably a stupid question, but once I've got the SD card set up properly, can I then go ahead and delete the ZIP files that I've installed? Or do I need to keep them kicking around? Figure if I can free up some space, I should.
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You can delete them if you want, but I usually always keep them somewhere so I don't have to redownload them if I need to reflash, which very oftern I have to for various reasons. I can always delete them later if space becomes an issue.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD

leapinlar said:
You can delete them if you want, but I usually always keep them somewhere so I don't have to redownload them if I need to reflash, which very oftern I have to for various reasons. I can always delete them later if space becomes an issue.
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*nod* I meant deleting them off the SD card (should have specified). I'd be keeping them on my fileserver to ensure that I can reflash the sdcard to the same version I started with if I need to.

leapinlar said:
Setting up the SD
Begin by downloading the files you need either with stock or your PC. You will need my updated SD image file, attached below, the CM ROM zip you want to install and the gapps zip to match it. Put the last two zips on your internal media sdcard.
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I'm confused by this, what are you referring to as "internal media sdcard"? I used win32 to burn the .img file, then booted into CWM...I'm clearly doing this wrong, because after that, the sdcard only has 117mb and no room to put ROMs on

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KamikazeChris said:
I'm confused by this, what are you referring to as "internal media sdcard"? I used win32 to burn the .img file, then booted into CWM...I'm clearly doing this wrong, because after that, the sdcard only has 117mb and no room to put ROMs on
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You are doing it right. 117MB is what it is supposed to have. You do not put the files on that card. You put them on the HD+ (on the internal sdcard).
If you could see that it only had 117 MB, you were not booted to CWM, you were looking at the SD while it was still inserted in the PC. Booted to CWM means it is in the Nook.
When you insert the burned SD into the powered off HD+, then turn it on, it boots to CWM. That is what I mean by booting to CWM.
The internal sdcard means the storage that is built into the HD+ (that is why I call it internal). Boot to stock and download the files with it. They get put on the internal sdcard or "sdcard" as it is called. After you insert the burned card into the HD+ and boot to it, CWM has the ability to flash the zips by reading them from the internal sdcard built into the HD+.
Edit: I just clarified that in the OP. It is hard to anticipate how users will interpret your words in advance.
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i dont seem to understand what file is supposed to amount to about 120mb. i extract "cm-10-20121231-UNOFFICIAL-ovation" and amounts to more than 200mb's but it also replaces other files.

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droidbot1337 said:
i dont seem to understand what file is supposed to amount to about 120mb. i extract "cm-10-20121231-UNOFFICIAL-ovation" and amounts to more than 200mb's but it also replaces other files.
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You do not extract the cm zip. You extract the image zip which is attached to the post. It is the one that is 120 MB and is the one you burn to the SD with win32diskimager.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD

leapinlar said:
You do not extract the cm zip. You extract the image zip which is attached to the post. It is the one that is 120 MB and is the one you burn to the SD with win32diskimager.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
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thank you for the help. i appreciate it! i can now use my new HD+ (bought it last night) to its full potential.

I just wanted to say that I was suffering from the dreaded "Nook refuses to boot from the SD card" syndrome. I tried three different SD cards burned using four different computers, to no avail. Tried this patch? Worked perfectly. Thanks! :laugh:

SDXC cards viable for this use?
Well, that registration video was a real interesting bit compared to most forums I've ever used. Somebody put a lot of work into that.
I'm noticing a lot of emphasis on Class 4 cards. Impetuous sort that I am, I already obtained a Sandisk Ultra 64 GB microSDXC (Class 10/UHS 1) card for this project. Best Buy had a good deal and I was hoping to have a lot of room to work with and it wasn't clear what access to the internal storage would be available or best left alone. Has anyone had success or great problems with this card?
Other than that issue before attempting to execute the install, this is a very helpful thread. Much clearer than verygreen's original. That shouldn't be taken as an insult to verygreen as technical writing for those outside a project is not a skill everyone has or should have. Asking those deep within a project to shift mental gears to operate at the outsider's level can be a waste of resources and is often better delegated to a specialist. And we should be thankful for those specialists when they volunteer like this.

Epobirs said:
I'm noticing a lot of emphasis on Class 4 cards. Impetuous sort that I am, I already obtained a Sandisk Ultra 64 GB microSDXC (Class 10/UHS 1) card for this project. Best Buy had a good deal and I was hoping to have a lot of room to work with and it wasn't clear what access to the internal storage would be available or best left alone. Has anyone had success or great problems with this card?
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Some have had good success with that card, especially if they use my Hybrid setup which uses less of the SD to operate from.

leapinlar said:
Some have had good success with that card, especially if they use my Hybrid setup which uses less of the SD to operate from.
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It appears to be working on the first try. I'm currently syncing my app set from the Play store. It looks like this will be a huge value add for the Nook. I wouldn't have bought it if the full Android option weren't there. I just hope enough of us still buy books from B&N to keep them going.
Thanks.

[Q] Can't boot Nook Color from disk

I'm trying to root my nook color using the instructions here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957 I've spent hours trying to troubleshoot this on my own searching and reading other threads and I am well and truly stuck. Hoping someone here can help. My laptop is Windows 7. I have a Lexar Class 6, 8 Gb micro SD card. I am using an external reader that plugs into the usb port which came with the card, not the laptop reader. I downloaded the gz image file from the thread referenced above. I unzipped it and wrote it to the card using Win32Image. When I look at it in Windows, it shows it as "boot (G" with 4 files, uRamdisk, uimage, u-boot.bin and MLO. I then downloaded the latest stable image zip from CM (cm-10.1.3-encore.zip). I drag the zip file from the folder I saved it to, to the G drive (my micro card). It won't copy because it says there's not enough room. When WinImage wrote the file, the size of my card is changed. It's got G boot as 117 MB and the rest is "unallocated". To try and fix this I downloaded Mini Tool Partition wizard and expanded the drive. I am now able to copy the CM zip file. I get the little penquin in the corner. Looks like it's doing it's thing and then it stops. The last few lines where the error appears to be happening are as follows:
Mounting /dev/mmcblk1p1 as /boot
EXT4-fs (mmcblk1p2): recovery complete
EXT4-fs (mmcblk1p2): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode
Looking for the install images...
Initial install files not found.
Please download it from nook.linuxhacker.ru
and put on first partition of this SD card
the name should start with updatei-cm and end with .zip.
The nook.linuxhacker.ru proved to be a dead end for me. Please help. I'm just trying to convert this for my kids to play on so they'll leave my new tablet alone. The app availability on B&N seriously sucks.

progress...but still not working
gruvychic said:
I'm trying to root my nook color using the instructions here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957 I've spent hours trying to troubleshoot this on my own searching and reading other threads and I am well and truly stuck. Hoping someone here can help. My laptop is Windows 7. I have a Lexar Class 6, 8 Gb micro SD card. I am using an external reader that plugs into the usb port which came with the card, not the laptop reader. I downloaded the gz image file from the thread referenced above. I unzipped it and wrote it to the card using Win32Image. When I look at it in Windows, it shows it as "boot (G" with 4 files, uRamdisk, uimage, u-boot.bin and MLO. I then downloaded the latest stable image zip from CM (cm-10.1.3-encore.zip). I drag the zip file from the folder I saved it to, to the G drive (my micro card). It won't copy because it says there's not enough room. When WinImage wrote the file, the size of my card is changed. It's got G boot as 117 MB and the rest is "unallocated". To try and fix this I downloaded Mini Tool Partition wizard and expanded the drive. I am now able to copy the CM zip file. I get the little penquin in the corner. Looks like it's doing it's thing and then it stops. The last few lines where the error appears to be happening are as follows:
Mounting /dev/mmcblk1p1 as /boot
EXT4-fs (mmcblk1p2): recovery complete
EXT4-fs (mmcblk1p2): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode
Looking for the install images...
Initial install files not found.
Please download it from nook.linuxhacker.ru
and put on first partition of this SD card
the name should start with updatei-cm and end with .zip.
The nook.linuxhacker.ru proved to be a dead end for me. Please help. I'm just trying to convert this for my kids to play on so they'll leave my new tablet alone. The app availability on B&N seriously sucks.
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after doing some more searching and reading I added "update-" to the front of the CM zip file. It went thru everything, then went back and turned off. I turned it on again. I get a "cynogenboot" (I think that's what it said) splash screen, then it goes blank and boots the regular Nook operating system. grrrr.....this is so frustrating. Guess I'll keep searching while I wait.

gruvychic said:
after doing some more searching and reading I added "update-" to the front of the CM zip file. It went thru everything, then went back and turned off. I turned it on again. I get a "cynogenboot" (I think that's what it said) splash screen, then it goes blank and boots the regular Nook operating system. grrrr.....this is so frustrating. Guess I'll keep searching while I wait.
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You need to go to my NC updated SD install guide linked in my signature. It has updated image files and updated instructions.
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thanks!
leapinlar said:
You need to go to my NC updated SD install guide linked in my signature. It has updated image files and updated instructions.
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found it a while reading thru your tips page. Seems to be working ok. Now how do I access Android Market place. Or do I just use Google play to download apps. I have an ipod the kids usually play apps on, so android/google is all new to me.

gruvychic said:
found it a while reading thru your tips page. Seems to be working ok. Now how do I access Android Market place. Or do I just use Google play to download apps. I have an ipod the kids usually play apps on, so android/google is all new to me.
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Android Marketplace is now called Google Play. So yes, use it.
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