On 03/04/07, andrei raevsky <raevsky.andrei at gmail.com> wrote: > Dear friends, > > Thanks for all your suggestions. Looks like this list was the correct one > to submit questions to :-) > > A couple of small follow-up, if I may: > > 1) updating the firmware: I have been using only GNU/Linux since 2000 > (mostly Debian). I could try to find somebody with W2k or XP, but is there > no GNU version of the software update at Nokia?! Surely this Debian-based > unit has a Debian-based updating option? Yep check downloads section of maemo for linux based flash utility > Also - since don't suppose > 'apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade' would work - why can't the 'check > for updates' option of the application manager now allow a complete firmware > update? Is it in the ROM? Nokia plan to add apt-get dist-upgrade support and have discussed adding a meta package > > 2) batteries: just to see if I got this one right - I can leave the unit > permanently connected to the charger and the batteries will be ok? I think so if left charging the device runs off the charger leaving the battery alone. It's a smart charger so it should do the right thing. > > 3) metalayer-crawler0: how do I disable this and could I simply let the unit > sit for 5 minutes after boot-up instead? This process scans the card indexing the media it finds so it can take a little time if there is a lot of files, or a broken file, supposed to have been improved in the latest firmware release. > 6) system crashes: how does one reinstall/fix a N800 unit after a major > crash? Assuming that I - as roo - do something I should not, or that by > installing the wrong software I really screw-up my tablet terminally. How > can I rescue/reinstall it? Is there a way to bootup the unit in CLI to fix > any X/GUI problems? reflash >
