Re: [E3-hacking] Config / content filesystem

No still don’t load any well. Maybe Jonathan could help…? I don’t have a clue. Spanner.. http://amstrad-e3-hacking.freeforums.net From: Nick Griffin Sent: ‎Wednesday‎, ‎24‎ ‎April‎ ‎2019 ‎19‎:‎39 To: Nick Griffin I try again with the

Re: [E3-hacking] Config / content filesystem

I think it needs the OOB data in the image. Just looked on the net about ,it say… How does this combination of nandsim, nandwrite and nandddump decide which ECC scheme to use? The flash is from a TI AM335 system, and as far as I know, the ECC scheme is decided by a combination of the processor

Re: [E3-hacking] Config / content filesystem

I need someone on here who knows what there are doing flashing the Amstrad firmware back on the E3. Has anyone still got there E3 on here but only if you have flashed E3 Linux on it already then you can test trying flashing Amstrad E3 Original Firmware back and see it you can get it working,

Re: [E3-hacking] Config / content filesystem

>So, does that mean you have two now? Yes I have 2 E3 now.. lol >What do you mean by "reset"? I mean if you hold Down Delete, Stop and Handfree when you boot up the E3 it puts in back to factory defaults where you have to register it and says” Press the [Email] button to get connected”

Re: [E3-hacking] Config / content filesystem

On Friday 26 April 2019 at 22:01:29, Nick Griffin wrote: > Ok thanks,I got my new E3 today So, does that mean you have two now? > and the seller told me it was working and able to make a call on it before I > bought it and its unregistered so deactivated… Sounds good so far... > dam it.. ☹

Re: [E3-hacking] Config / content filesystem

Hi Nick, > Starting restore.. This might take a while... > found /media/sda1/e3-nand.0 > erasing 224 on /dev/mtd0 > Erase Total 224 Units > Performing Flash Erase of length 16384 at offset 0x37c000 done offset 0x1f8000 > writing flash > Input file is not page aligned That's nandwrite detecting

Re: [E3-hacking] Config / content filesystem

Or is this part … perhaps like this… lol perhaps_write_flash 0 224 perhaps_write_flash 1 16 perhaps_write_flash 2 16 perhaps_write_flash 3 16 perhaps_write_flash 4 1728 perhaps_write_flash 5 48 Spanner.. http://amstrad-e3-hacking.freeforums.net From: Nick

Re: [E3-hacking] Config / content filesystem

Hi Nick, > its just a command line version because the E3 is not powerful to run > proper Linux. Linux as you know it is three main parts. There's the kernel, that's what Linux really is, and it talks to the hardware. Atop of that are the user-space programs, like the shell, ls(1), etc. They

Re: [E3-hacking] Config / content filesystem

Hi Nick, > Does anyone want the E3 adverts, they are not big, there are 7 of them > in gif format they are the same size as the screen on the E3 is > 480x320, I can upload them Yes, do that, e.g. to Dropbox like with the other files. I expect I'm not the only one to squirrel stuff away so

Re: [E3-hacking] Config / content filesystem

Hi Jonathan, > So, the MTD partitions do not directly map to a kernel or a Linux > filesystem. The "Q;Q;" blocks are an Amstrad specific way of putting > data into those partitions, with a type + description associated with > each one. For example the kernel lives in a Q;Q; block in mtd3 called >

Re: [E3-hacking] Config / content filesystem

You wouldn't run imagemagick on the E3 itself. (Apart from anything else the E3 distribution is, IIRC, something based on OpenEmbedded/Angstrom and is very hard to get software for?) You'd run it on a PC and use it to convert files to put on a USB stick, and then use simple scripting on the E3 to

Re: [E3-hacking] Config / content filesystem

What the ams-delta mini distribution ..? Which one do I download… https://www.imagemagick.org/script/download.php and how do I install it on the E3..? Spanner.. http://amstrad-e3-hacking.freeforums.net From: David Given Sent: ‎Sunday‎, ‎21‎ ‎April‎ ‎2019 ‎19‎:‎41 To:

Re: [E3-hacking] Config / content filesystem

If you just want to put images onto the screen, write a tiny script that copies files from the USB stick and cats them to /dev/fb0. Converting images to the right format's a little bit harder but I wouldn't be surprised if ImageMagick could do it out of the box. That'll run happily in the

Re: [E3-hacking] Config / content filesystem

I do wish I never flashed E3 Linux on it now,theres no point to it,you can’t put anything on it or run anything on it cos its too old and E3 Linux didn’t go anywhere, its just a command line version because the E3 is not powerful to run proper Linux. I installed E3 Linux release v2 (E3 Linux

Re: [E3-hacking] Config / content filesystem

OK sorted it out now, (thanks to Ollie), will I be able to use these files to put the Amstrad firmware back on the E3 at all..? question is here too http://amstrad-e3-hacking.freeforums.net/thread/9/config-content-filesystem?page=1=92 You don’t need to register to reply or leave a new thread

Re: [E3-hacking] Config / content filesystem

Hi Nick, > sudo nand-oob-strip.py e3-nand-backup.0 e3-nand.0: No such file or > directory Two things. You probably don't need sudo as your ordinary user should be able to read e3-nand-backup.0 and write e3-nand.0. You have to specify a path to the nand-oob-strip.py script for the shell to find

Re: [E3-hacking] Config / content filesystem

live@commodoreos /media/live/E3 READY. sudo nand-oob-strip.py e3-nand-backup.0 e3-nand.0: No such file or directory Spanner.. http://amstrad-e3-hacking.freeforums.net From: Jonathan McDowell Sent: ‎Thursday‎, ‎18‎ ‎April‎ ‎2019 ‎21‎:‎09 To:

Re: [E3-hacking] Config / content filesystem

Yes, you run it on a proper Linux box, not the E3. The script isn't going to magically fix anything, but it'll turn the dumps that include OOB information into dumps without OOB information that might help you do some sleuthing about their contents. On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 12:52:37PM +, Nick

Re: [E3-hacking] Config / content filesystem

Where do I put attached Python script, in my Linux not in the E3..? So I do each file with it..? Spanner.. From: Jonathan McDowell Sent: ‎Thursday‎, ‎18‎ ‎April‎ ‎2019 ‎11‎:‎58 To: Discussion of the Amstrad E3 emailer hardware/software On

Re: [E3-hacking] Config / content filesystem

On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 01:26:40PM +, Nick Griffin wrote: > Do you remember if you were able to mount the Cramfs and look at its > filesystem..? What's Q;Q; blocks in flash, another files system…? > Can’t find any info on it, were you able to mount that too. So does it > have 2 partitions on