On Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 06:00:09PM +0100, Steve Gane wrote: > Once Debian is installed, I *presume* the way back is to copy each > mtd partition back (except #0, redboot) and then when it reboots > it's an Evesham SilverSTOR M-Box again. Can anyone confirm this?
Yes, I have used this procedure a couple of times to test the installer. You can also recover the original firmware by extrating the partitions from a official upgrade firmware. Before you install debian, I suggest upgrading to the latest official firmware. Thecus was kind enough to set the correct machine id and enable telnet in redboot for us. > I have previously used an NSLU2 with Debian Etch. > On the N2100, does it behave the same so that one can simply "cat" > to the mtdblock partitions? Yes. the beauty of standard subsystems.. -- "rm -rf" only sounds scary if you don't have backups -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
