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2008-03-06
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Originally Posted by Quartz
Yes, you can use mkfs.jffs2 also on linux desktop to create the image later. Linux/Mac flasher can write such image of rootfs (or initfs or kernel) separately. Sadly it cannot read it from device. Usage here
... unless you mean there's a way to convert that rsync into a flashable image I can use with the flasher program.
http://maemo.org/development/documen...sher_tool.html
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Last edited by fanoush; 2008-03-06 at 08:40. Reason: link to flasher documentation added
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2008-03-06
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#13
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Originally Posted by Quartz
Could be faulty hardware or you may be victim of this http://blog.homac.de/?p=58 a.k.a Power up Drama http://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2673
in any event, since I couldn't turn it on, I couldn't reflash it. and yes I tried leaving it out overnight with and without the battery.
As for installing initfs with bootmenu
You can still skip the final flashing part and download created initfs.bootmenu.jffs2 image (and initfs.orig.jffs2 backup) to PC and flash via official flasher if you want to be extra safe.
http://maemo.org/development/documen...e.html#OSLayer
http://maemo.org/development/documen...ure.html#Flash
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2008-03-06
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#14
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Originally Posted by fanoush
fair enough
When backing up live system you may end with some additional runtime garbage in the image but it doesn't hurt, better keep the system quiet when backing up.
Originally Posted by fanoush
really? ::looks::
Well, no, even the stock initfs can boot from mmc but you need usb flasher to set the choice,
is that the "set default root device" option? what's the syntax for that?
Originally Posted by fanoush
ok, this is the first I've ever heard about this. so if I were able to put an OS on an sd card, I could use the flasher to tell it to boot off it as long as it's p1? (what's the limitation here, that I can't have a fat32 partition for vm on the same card?)
there is no menu and only first found ext2 partition is used. When I created bootmenu, initfs could boot only from mmcblk0p1 which was not very useful for running cloned system.
Originally Posted by fanoush
define "later", I'm using what I believe is the first and only non-beta release of OS2008... or do you mean 'later' as in later hardware?
Later they added search_root_onmmc() which scans all mmc partitions for executable /sbin/init and first one is booted.
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2008-03-06
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Originally Posted by fanoush
neat, that looks promising, thanks. anyone have a link to a guide or something on how to use mkfs.jffs2 to make an image out of a folder/rsync?
Yes, you can use mkfs.jffs2 also on linux desktop to create the image later. Linux/Mac flasher can write such image of rootfs (or initfs or kernel) separately.
Originally Posted by fanoush
bah, figures. that would be too easy, eh?
Sadly it cannot read it from device.
Originally Posted by fanoush
yeah, that sounds like it alright. never thought about putting it in the freezer.
Could be faulty hardware or you may be victim of this http://blog.homac.de/?p=58 a.k.a Power up Drama http://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2673
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2008-03-06
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I'd love to see some sample scripts to accomplish this. I want to implement a similar backup system using rsync.
Originally Posted by dogsbody
If I do say so myself I am really good with backups and have one of my home computers backing up all my machines each night via rsync (much faster and only backs up the files that have changed).
When I got my N800 I added a script to back that up too. I set my home router to always issue the IT the same IP every time it connects via WiFi (also makes things easier to connect to for other things). Each night the script pings the IT and if it's online will SSH to it and backup securely via rsync, this backs up the entire tablet including any cards loaded.
I also added a few more things, using hard links on my backup box I can keep weeks of backups using a fraction of the space and if the IT is offline for more than 10 days then I get an e-mail each night until it gets backed up
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2008-03-06
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Originally Posted by mrklaw
The cleaver stuff is really just one very long rsync command, e.g.
I'd love to see some sample scripts to accomplish this. I want to implement a similar backup system using rsync.
Code:
/usr/bin/rsync --bwlimit=512 -az --log-format=%f --numeric-ids --delete --rsh=ssh --stats --exclude-from=/backup/scripts/libs/host.example.com.exclude --link-dest=/backup/backups/host.example.com/2008-03-05-01 host.example.com:/ /backup/backups/host.example.com/2008-03-06-01
)All the scripting is just the checking that commands executed correctly and building up the above command.
I hope that helps.
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2008-03-11
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so, I think doing daily rsyncs and compiling them to a flashable image is probably the best overall backup solution. can anyone point me to a reference on how to do this?
also, does anyone have any further information on booting from SD using the stock init.fs as fanoush noted? I'm curious what the limitations are.
also, does anyone have any further information on booting from SD using the stock init.fs as fanoush noted? I'm curious what the limitations are.
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2008-03-11
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#20
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Originally Posted by Quartz
mkfs.jffs2 is the command, see the link in post #3 for usage. Also try to search for 'rootfs' on www.maemo.org
can anyone point me to a reference on how to do this?.
Originally Posted by Quartz
Check README.txt inside initfs_flasher.tgz and then maybe re-read this thread.
also, does anyone have any further information on booting from SD using the stock init.fs as fanoush noted? I'm curious what the limitations are.
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