ACMEInstaller demonstration with dualboot capabilities

Internet Darling,

It has been nearly a week since you've heard from us. Far, far too long.

Today we want to introduce you to "A CyanogenMod Experimental Installer", aka "ACME Installer". Once released, it will be a fairly simple and hopefully safe method to install CM to your Touchpad. The process is as simple as we could make it-- once you start ACME Installer, it does all the hard stuff.

In today's video, we take a fresh-from-the-box Touchpad, mount it to a Mac, create a folder called "cminstall" on the TouchPad, copy a "cm-update...zip" file (containing CM7) into that folder, then use the "novacom" program to start ACME Installer. At that point, we sit back and watch the installation. A minute or so later, the TouchPad boots into Cyanogenmod 7. You can switch back to WebOS any time you like.

It's really that simple. Only three special files are needed to make it work:

1. ACME Installer - the installer itself.
2. novacom - a program from HP that is used to load and run the ACME Installer. "novacom" is available for Linux, Mac, and Windows computers.
3. A "cm-update...zip" payload file. This file should be familiar if you have used cm7 before. It contains cyanogenmod itself.

When ACME Installer is released, we plan to include detailed, step-by-step written instructions on using it.

The discussion thread relating to this effort is, as always, at http://kan.gd/10q2

Yours in love,

The Cyanogenmod Team
www.cyanogenmod.com

PS: This demonstration should NOT be interpreted as a sign that any alpha release is imminent. We are still working to get things up to our standards. Thanks for the continued patience, and remember-- NO ETAS!

PPS: sorry for the somewhat shoddy audio and overal sense of unpreparedness, I only had 40 minutes to record this before departure of my flight.

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[MrCharaash]

The "novacom boot mem:// <ACMEInstaller" command doesn't work on my computer :(

[greentheonly]

make sure that you have the novacom command in your PATH, if not, specify the full path to it.

Make sure the ACMEInstaller file is in your current dir, if not, specify the full path to it or move it to the current dir.

[lucky88shp]

where can i get that little stand you are using for you touchpad??

[greentheonly]

Google for gibson holders

[EFmw2clan]

Your voice is hilarious. Also, tell the people in the background to stop hammering the walls.

[northcarolinaballa12]

I tried this on a mac. And after i hit the enter it says "no such file or directory" And my tablet is stuck on the screen with the usb symbol. What am i doing wrong? Can anyone help me? thanks

[ryswe]

LEARN ENGLISH!!!!!!!!!!

[MrCharaash]

Haa right, i didn't specify the path to novacom. It's working now !

Thank to you and to the CyanogenTeam for your awesome work !

[jhebert121]

The ACMEinstaller file has to be located where you are running your command prompt from.

[Jim Turner]

THIS!!!

[Jim Turner]

Who's the dipshit doing all the banging in the background? VERY ANNOYING!!!