Hi,

I've got a « Tomtom GO920(4M00.900) » device, on which I would like to
play with OpenTom. This device has an internal non-removable 4 GB
memory and a slot for one SD card. The internal non-removable memory
contains the system and data for the Tomtom navigation system.

It seems that most tutorials on OpenTom's wiki have been written with
SD card-only Tomtoms in mind: these SD cards can be read/written with
another computer to restore the original system if something went wrong.

However, with the internal memory, how can this be done ? The internal
memory can be accessed as a regular usb-storage device when the Tomtom
is plugged on its USB dock.

If I change the ttsystem file and the new one doesn't work, the system
won't boot anymore and I won't be able to restore the original
ttsystem, is that correct ? Or is the usb-storage mode of the Tomtom
implemented without using the 'ttsystem' kernel, for example in the NOR
flash ? Or, alternatively, if a 'ttsystem' file is put on the external
SD card, will the bootloader take it in priority ?

Other questions :

 - other Tomtom models appear to have some kind of special connector
   through which the serial console can be grabbed. The Tomtom 920 only
   has an USB connector, nothing else. So I suppose there is no way of
   getting the serial console, is that correct ?

 - the device has a «reset» button, but its behaviour is unclear. Does
   it simply do an hard reboot, or does it restore something special ?

Thanks,

Thomas
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Thomas Petazzoni, Free Electrons
Kernel, drivers and embedded Linux development,
consulting, training and support.
http://free-electrons.com

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