Flashing PR 1.2 to the N900 from Ubuntu 10.04 64bit

To install flasher, do

sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2_i386.deb

1	sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2_i386.deb

afterwards, install ia32-libs from multiverse:

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

1	sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

Before installing ia32-libs flasher kept telling me this:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ flasher-3.5 
bash: /usr/bin/flasher-3.5: No such file or directory

1 2	ubuntu@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ flasher-3.5 bash: /usr/bin/flasher-3.5: No such file or directory

Now, to flash PR1.2 and the vanilla eMMC content, issue the following two commands:

sudo flasher-3.5 -F RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.19-1_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin -f
sudo flasher-3.5 -F RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.13-2.VANILLA_PR_EMMC_MR0_ARM.bin -f -R

1 2	sudo flasher-3.5 -F RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.19-1_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin -f sudo flasher-3.5 -F RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.13-2.VANILLA_PR_EMMC_MR0_ARM.bin -f -R

This will flash and reboot after flashing the eMMC contents.

5 thoughts on “Flashing PR 1.2 to the N900 from Ubuntu 10.04 64bit”

Excellent this saved my day!

My thanks too! Saved me and my N900 after power kernel related disaster!

many thanks to you
you save me

HI I tried the above thing but it gave me the below errror:

root@ubuntu:/media/OS/Rakesh/softwares# sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
Package ia32-libs is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0 lib32asound2

E: Package ‘ia32-libs’ has no installation candidate

and I am getting the same error while trying to flash my N900, Does any bdy has any idea about this now