From e3d478818bac7c1ca5180a90c58105b9fdf596e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: NIN101 Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:14:43 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation improvements --- documentation.txt | 20 +++++++------------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation.txt b/documentation.txt index 5def884..141492e 100644 --- a/documentation.txt +++ b/documentation.txt @@ -15,20 +15,16 @@ Users must be familiar with the Linux console. This project is _NOT_ the meego rescue initrd. - -Update: I don't provide a tarball anymore. - How does it work? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The flasher utility loads rescueOS. This makes it unnecessary -to modify the bootloader or maemo's /sbin/preinit. +to modify the bootloader or maemo's /sbin/preinit like other solutions do. By using the "-l" option, we do not flash the kernel or initrd image. It only loads the kernel into RAM. No modification on the NAND or bootloader happens. - Usecases ~~~~~~~~ In fact, most users do not need it. Either way, possible usecases: @@ -50,8 +46,7 @@ In fact, most users do not need it. Either way, possible usecases: Booting the initrd ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -You can not store persistent data, e.g. WiFi firmwares from maemo -as everything happens in RAM. +You can not store persistent data as everything happens in RAM. flasher-3.5 -k 2.6.37 -n initrd.img -l -b"rootdelay root=/dev/ram0 @@ -88,12 +83,11 @@ To disable it: /rescueOS/usbnetworking-disable.sh USB Mass-Storage mode -------------------- /rescueOS/mass-storage-enable.sh -Makes /dev/mmcblk1p1 and /dev/mmcblk1p2 available for the mass-storage -mode. These are the EMMC home partition and MyDocs in maemo. +Makes the first 2 EMMC partitions available for the mass-storage +mode. Known as /home/ and /home/user/MyDocs inside maemo. /rescueOS/mass-storage-disable.sh: Deactivates mass-storage mode. - WiFi support ------------ It has wpa_supplicant, but without EAP support. This should be ok for @@ -101,12 +95,12 @@ most home networks which use a PSK. Give the following a try: -wpa_passphrase [essid] [password] > /wlan.conf +wpa_passphrase [essid] [password] > /run/wlan.conf sh /rescueOS/setup-wpa-wifi.sh -For DHCP, use udhcpc -i wlan0. +For DHCP: -You need the firmware files of course: /rescueOS/firmware-from-maemo.sh +udhcpc -i wlan0. Battery charging ----------------