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A dual-boot solution for the Palm Pre (Plus/2).
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1. Installation
    Requirements:
    * To successfully install Bootr on your device, you need to have patch installed.

1.1 Automatic mode (If using SHR):
    Use the fso-installer Makefile. It will install SHR and Bootr to your device.
    * http://trac.shr-project.org/trac/wiki/Devices/PalmPre/InstallGuide
    * http://git.freesmartphone.org/?p=utilities.git;a=tree;f=palmpre/fso-installer

1.2 Manual mode:
    On host:
    # wget https://github.com/downloads/slyon/bootr/bootr-palmpre[2]_[VERSION].tar.gz
    # novacom put file://media/internal/bootr-palmpre[2]_[VERSION].tar.gz < bootr-palmpre[2]_[VERSION].tar.gz
    # novaterm
    On device:
    $ mount -o remount,rw /boot
    $ cd /media/internal
    $ tar xzvpf bootr-palmpre[2]_[VERSION].tar.gz -C /boot
    $ sh /boot/bootr/bin/install.sh

2. Usage
    Bootr will ask you which operating system to boot on every boot up.
    You can then select one by:
    * pressing VolumeUp key or
    * pressing VolumeDown key

    After you have selected the OS, you can boot it by:
    * pressing the Power key

3. Troubleshooting
    If something goes wrong wrt. installation you can do the following steps
    and you should be back to your WebOS enviroment:
    * boot your device into recovery mode (press VolumeUp key and insert USB cable)
    * novaterm
    * hit [enter] once, to get to the bootie prompt
    * setenv bootfile uImage-2.6.24-palm-joplin-3430
    * setenv bootargs "root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootwait ro init=/sbin/init.backup.bootr"
    * fsboot

4. Rebootr utility
    rebootr.sh is a tool you can use to select the OS you will boot into next.
    * /boot/bootr/bin/rebootr.sh [webos|shr]