Hi Andy, as long as you can start the minifs you should be able to recover directly.
If not, let's explain how it works: The minifs requires a working U-Boot and 2.4 kernel in partitions mtd0 and mtd1 and the 5MB minifs in partition mtd3. (mtd2 is the Ethernet and mtd4 the normal roots). If you can't start the recovery menu, either the kernel or the minifs is broken. Generally, it *should* be possible to boot the 2.6 kernel/Debian Lenny rootfs from a SD card. And then cp files to /dev/mtd1 and /dev/mtd3. But I have not yet tried. You could also try to mount mtd4 to access the rootfs of the 2.4 kernel and revert all modifications. But there *may* be problems with the jffs2/yaffs driver so you may really garble these partitions. Another idea is to access the U-Boot-Console. Best regards, Nikolaus Am 20.08.2010 um 18:03 schrieb Andy Valencia: > --------------- > Hi, > > I managed to wedge (not brick) my Alpha 400 (tried to turn X11 back on > but with without USB mouse driver). It boots, but init tries to fire up > X11, can't, and reboots. > > I believe I have the original recovery image. I've also picked up a Debian > Etch recovery image off the net. But is there a 2.6 recovery image from the > recent discussions which I might use? I only need text mode; in fact, a > fixed keyboard driver so it didn't spontaneously insert garbage into the > typing buffer would be the single biggest issue to see fixed. Text only > work mode with WiFi is all I need. > > Thanks, > Andy Valencia > > _______________________________________________ > Mipsbook-devel mailing list > Mipsbook-devel@linuxtogo.org > http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mipsbook-devel _______________________________________________ Mipsbook-devel mailing list Mipsbook-devel@linuxtogo.org http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mipsbook-devel
