Thanks, the problem I ran into was that /dev/block/sdb was the card reader and the USB stick was sdc. After changing the argument for installer to /dev/block/sdc2, I got it installed.
On Dec 20, 4:05 am, "Dima Zavin" <[email protected]> wrote: > > after boot from my USB stick, I saw > > init: Unable to open persisent property directory /data/property > > errno: 2 > > and > > This is harmless in this case. > > > I/installer( 1865): Waiting for device: /dev/block/sdb2 > > than some USB information, and shell prompt > > > my internal SSD was not touched at all, that is, it didn't start to > > install > > As I mentioned, the installer is definitely not robust. It assumes that sda > will be the internal SSD, and sdb will be the usbstick (iirc). You might > need to hack in the bios to make sure that the devices are assigned properly > (in the order that we want them). > > The real solution is to pull in volume-id stuff from udev (drop it somewhere > into external/, and add it to the build), have init call out to it when a > new block device shows up, and have it drop the right device node into > /dev/block-by-volid/... > > Then the installer can refer to the right volume by volumeid, and can avoid > this device name hardcoding mess. When we build the images, we include the > appropriate volume id already, I just didn't get a chance to get the init > side of things done. Patches are welcome. > > Thanks. > > --Dima > > > On Dec 19, 4:23 am, "Dima Zavin" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Try this (only tested on EeePC 701): > > > > repo init -u git://android.git.kernel.org/platform/manifest.git -b > > cupcake > > > repo sync > > > TARGET_ARCH=x86 TARGET_PRODUCT=eee_701 DISABLE_DEXPREOPT=true make -j8 > > > installer_img > > > dd if=out/target/product/eee_701/installer.img of=/dev/<usbstick of your > > > choice> ; sync > > > > Boot from the usb stick. The installer is a bit crude, and needs > > polishing > > > and generalizing but it works. Note: It WILL WIPE your EeePC drive. :) > > > > --Dima > > > > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Piethein Strengholt < > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Check this: > > > > >http://source.android.com/roadmap/cupcake > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ unsubscribe: [email protected] website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
