The Maemo Flasher tool is used to flash data to the Maemo device internal 256 MB of NAND, which is where the bootloader, kernel, and rootfs (all of which make up the operating system) are stored.
Flasher can be used to upgrade the firmware, wipe the Maemo device and start from scratch, flash certain specific components, or change a number of hardware flags.
The Maemo Flasher tool should be installed from the installation package provided for Debian-based Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. For Linux distributions other than Debian-based ones, a compressed tar file is also provided.
Installation of Maemo Flasher requires administration rights in all supported operating systems.
