[Touch CDMA Android Development] oyumurtaci:
I apologize in advance for being a bit dumb with these things, but for the most part I like to think that technology is magic and accept it as it is (and that makes you folks wizards). I also apologize for asking questions about flashing here in the Atools thread, but so far it has been the most helpful tool I have come across, as it downloads the latest files without hunting around.

I've got a nice loaded rom on my AT&T Tilt, and because we use prehistoric software at work, I have to keep WinMo around. Therefore, I want to set up Incubus26Jc's Froyo build (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=759894, for anyone interested) and run it from SD. I bought a nice big 8gb Class 6 card so I wouldn't have any problems running out of space or speed.

My problem is, the more guides, wikis and tutorials I look at, the more confused I get. So far, perhaps ironically, the best guide has been looking at Atools. Now from what I understand is that the default.txt is basically an introduction to the device, the install-seq is basically the sequence that android will follow when it boots, and androidupdate is the actual android build information (correct me if I am wrong).

Unfortunately, the original guide to installing android is quite outdated, and I've gone through thread after thread trying to get to understand how this will work, but have failed. So far, Atools has given me an install-seq.sh, a default.txt, a zImage, an initrd and an androidupdate file.

I have the default.txt set up for Kaiser (240 resolution, Froyo, Auto panel because I don't know which it is, Tilt keymap, include more settings, cpu overclock checked but no overclock because I need my battery to last as much as it can, gpu overclock, battery 1600mah).

I have no idea how I should set up the boot script, other than I need both system and data on SD. The card is currently a 7.6gb (8gb) fat32 partition. From what I understand, ext2 performs better, therefore it should have one ext2 for the system, one ext2 for data, a swap partition, and a fat32 for winmo to use. Is this right? Which order whould they be in? If this is right, how do i get the files I need to get on the SD to the root directory in the ext2 partition? Or do I just put them all in the original 7.6gb fat32 partition and let the boot script do the partitioning and file placing? I picked "first install" in the simple actions, since this will be my first install, and also checked "use sd partitioner" so that it would partition correctly, if that is needed.

I didn't mess with the keymapper, except check the power button for wake (since I am used to that), and saved the androidupdate it gave me.

So basically, now I have all the files that Atools gave me, plus the androidinstall.tgz from Incubus26Jc (and inside that there is androidinstall.tar), and a haret.exe I found somewhere (so I don't know if it's the latest)). Now what? All the guides are for flashing to NAND, so they use an nbh file to be placed in an andboot folder that the user creates. I don't have any such file, so I'm not really sure what goes where (I think the adroidinstall.tgz goes there. Do I just put everything on the fat32 SD card? Is there any renaming and folder creation involved? I'd really appreciate it if you just point me in the right direction.

Thanks for all the work you put into developing. Atools is awesome, l1q1d.