Asier wrote: >> You should be able to flash those directly into the appropriate mtd >> partition (make sure it's not the RedBoot partition, or else you'll >> permanently brick your device). However, it will need a 16 byte header >> prepended - best to use slugimage to pack a new image and then flash the >> complete image. > > Use slugimage? And another 4 hours of installation?
You can take your currently installed flash image, not the installer image. No need to reinstall. Just take a backup of the flash, unpack it, replace Apex, repack, flash. > Oh, my! I prefer to try > and make it manually. In the CompileApex page of the nslu2 wiki talks about > creating the file like this: > > (size of apex.bin in decimal 49096 = BFC8 in hexadecimal) > > # printf '\x00\x00\xBF\xC8\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00' > > bfc8.bin > > (should'n be \xC8\xBF because of little-endian?) > > # cat bfc8.bin apex.bin > new_mtd2.bin > # cat new_mtd2.bin > /dev/mtd2 > > But also talks about padding with \xff before the last 'cat'. Padding to what > size? The size of the mtd partition. -- Rod -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
