Guys, with great help from mike.shawn.nz I got it working again!!! I had to mount patchstick partitions as following:
mkdir -p a b c sudo mount /dev/sdb1 a sudo mount /dev/sdb2 b sudo mount /dev/sdb3 c To see the contents of patchstick partitions: ls a and ls b and ls c The MacOS partition in my case was 'c' then the dd command: dd bs=4194304 if=c/smallatv.dmg of=/dev/sda Again, thanx to mike.shawn.nz :-))) pi On Nov 24, 9:01 am, pi <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Guys, I do need your help - I'm not the Linux user, thus I have a > problem getting my ATV back to work... I'm stuck with language > selection page, so I try to use mike.shawn.nz method and use standard > patchstick (by atv-creator) to boot Linux at my ATV. After booting > Linux it gives me OSBoot not found error, and gives the prompt. At the > same patchstick I have smallatv.dmg which I copied under MacOS to the > same place where patchstick.sh is located. I login as root, pass: root > and try to dd smallatv.dmg to /dev/sda but I just cant provide correct > path to the dmg. > > Please help, > > BR, > > pi > > On Nov 9, 11:35 pm, "mike.shaw.nz" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I'd suggest that you create a USB boot-stick for your ATV that boots > > into some flavour of Linux. Next, find and download > > 'smallatv.dmg' (it's about 1.88GB) and put that on your boot-stick > > too. Now boot up the ATV into Linux from the boot-stick and use the > > 'dd' command to write the smallatv.dmg image straight onto the ATV hdd > > - i.e. use /dev/sda as the destination, NOT one of the partitions (/ > > dev/sda1 etc.) - this process will overwrite everything currently on > > the hdd, I assume that's ok. > > Once this is done, you should have the correct ATV-OS partitions back > > on the hdd so remove the boot-stick and reboot, then go through a > > factory restore from the diagnostics menu. This should eventually > > reboot to the usual ATV interface, but it will be an out-dated version > > of ATV-OS - somewhere in the settings menu is the option to update. > > > On Nov 9, 4:49 pm, Nicholas Sabatino <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > So I had been running Linux on my ATV and wanted to revert back to the > > > regular ATV software. > > > > I followed the instructions here: > > > >http://code.google.com/p/atv-bootloader/wiki/ATVBackup > > > > Essentially, after wiping the drive and recreating the partition > > > setup, I copied the files from the Firmware update into the atvrecv > > > partition. It boots with the apple logo and shows me the language > > > selection screen. > > > > Once on the language select screen, I cannot select my language or > > > move the cursor at all. The light on the front flashes when I press > > > any button, and it still responds to the special key presses, like > > > Menu & >> for pairing the remote, or Menu & - for rebooting. > > > > Somewhere somebody mentioned holding down the Menu key while the ATV > > > boots. This does not solve my problem. > > > > I've attempted using both 2Z694-5789-067.dmg and 2Z694-5660-029.dmg > > > direct from mesu.apple.com. I'm trying to download the 1.0 firmware > > > from rapidshare now, but I don't really expect a different outcome. > > > > Any suggestions on how to un-freeze my Apple TV? > > > > Thanks! > > > > apple tv language selection frozen freeze stuck restore not responding -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/atv-bootloader?hl=en
