wetab install

[nicola at nicoladefilippo.it]

Hi,
here http://www.wetab-wiki.com/index.php?title=Bootmedium_erstellen
explanation,
I used this instruction because the image don't start on my WebTab.
I writed 1 year ago on
http://wiki.meego.com/Installing_MeeGo_Tablet_Developer_Preview_on_WeTab_Tablet
            BR
               Nicola



>
> On October 8, 2012 at 12:31 PM "Sebastian Kügler" <sebas at kde.org> wrote:
>
>> On Saturday, October 06, 2012 17:05:21 Nicola De Filippo wrote:
>> > i suggest to add this line
>> > "root at linux printf "\x9d\x2a\x44\x7b"|dd of=/dev/sdX bs=1 count=4
>> seek=440"
>> > to  the instructions to  install mer image on wetab.
>>
>> For mere mortals, what does this do?
>>
>> (It's always a good idea to note that, since not everybody in a multi-
>> disciplinary team has the same domain knowledge.)
>  
> this command modifies the ID inside the partition table.
> This kind of hack is needed because a WeTab without patched
> bios do only like to start from a internal recovery partition
> after using the recovery grip. This hex number is the identifier
> of the internal recovery partition and by this we are able to
> install from a external flash drive.
>  
> Cheers,
>  
> Maurice
>
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