[Q] Rooting NST on a Mac?

s_spiff

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Couldn't find a Q&A section, so decided to ask it here.
Has anyone managed to root their NST on a mac? I just got my NST, and read a few threads on the advantage of rooting the NST.
Only problem is I can't find a "howto" for Touchnooter on a Mac.:confused:
 

s_spiff

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Thanks.
Alrighty, for those who are on a MAC, and are struggling with this whole rooting process, here's some help.

1. You download the touchnooter zip from the thread in development section.
2. Unzip it (if you're on a mac, it will get downloaded to the "Downloads" folder. You'll get a touchnooter.xxxx.img
3. Plug in your microsd card, and type in the following command:

diskutil list
That will print out something that looks like:
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *149.1 Gi disk0
1: EFI 200.0 Mi disk0s1
2: Apple_HFS Untitled 1 148.7 Gi disk0s2
/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *14.9 Gi disk1
1: EFI 200.0 Mi disk1s1
2: Apple_HFS MacOSx 14.6 Gi disk1s2
/dev/disk2
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: FDisk_partition_scheme *7.4 Gi disk2
1: Windows_FAT_32 7.4 Gi disk2s1
The last disk is what you need to keep in mind : disk2.

next bit of command:

diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk2
And you'll get a response stating that it was unmounted sucessfully.

After that you enter:

sudo dd if=/*path to the img file*/touchnooter.xxx.img of=/dev/disk2
That'll take a bit of time, and you'll end up with a disk called "touchnooter" showing on your desktop. Eject that, put it into your NST, and boot. You'll see the touchnooter screen, follow instructions given in original thread. Even as I write this, my nook seems to be booting up! keeping fingers crossed.
 
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nvel

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i've rooted two nst on a mac using minimaltouch without any previous android rooting experience, so i don't think rooting on a mac is more difficult than win or linux
 

wnpaul

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Thanks!

i've rooted two nst on a mac using minimaltouch without any previous android rooting experience, so i don't think rooting on a mac is more difficult than win or linux
No, but thanks to a_spiff's instructions a complete newby will know how to find out the device name to use in the "dd" command, and that's useful.