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=== Running on x86/x86_64 ===

The contents of the <code>qcow2</code> file can be extracted and copied into hard drives for bare metal BIOS/Legacy CSM booting.

To extract the contents of the <code>qcow2</code> file, decompress it first and convert it into <code>raw</code> format.

 $ xz -d maemo-leste-1.0-amd64-virtual-20180425.qcow2.xz
 $ qemu-img convert -f qcow2 -O raw maemo-leste-1.0-amd64-virtual-20180425.qcow2 maemo-leste-1.0-amd64-virtual-20180425.raw

The raw image that it yields, can then be setup as a loopback device, and its partitions mounted.

 # losetup --partscan -f maemo-leste-1.0-amd64-virtual-20180425.raw
 # mkdir /mnt/maemo-virt
 # mount /dev/loop0p1 /mnt/maemo-virt

Setup one <code>Linux</code> partition on the device to be used for booting, format it with a GRUB-compatible filesystem (<i>ext4</i>, for example), then mount it as well.

 # cfdisk /dev/sdb
 # ...
 # mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1
 # mkdir /mnt/maemo-bare
 # mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/maemo-bare

Change directory to the loop partition, the copy over its contents into the bare metal partition.

 # cd /mnt/maemo-virt
 # rsync -aAHXv * /mnt/maemo-bare

Once finished copying, bind mount special filesystems into the bare metal Maemo partition, then change root.

 # mount --bind /dev /mnt/maemo-bare/dev
 # mount --bind /proc /mnt/maemo-bare/proc
 # mount --bind /sys /mnt/maemo-bare/sys
 # chroot /mnt/maemo-bare /bin/bash

Load the new root's shell profile, install GRUB to the bare metal boot device (<i>/dev/sdb</i>, in this example), then regenerate the GRUB configuration file.

 # . /etc/profile
 # grub-install /dev/sdb
 # grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

After that, you may exit the chroot environment (Ctrl+D), unmount all the filesystems, then reboot the system into your new bare metal Maemo Leste installation.

 # umount /mnt/maemo-virt
 # umount -AR /mnt/maemo-bare
 # reboot