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#18692 - 26/09/2000 18:38 Creating an image
ricin veteran Registered: 19/06/2000 Posts: 1495 Loc: US: CA	Just a quick thought. . . Because I'm lazy , I was wondering if there is any way to create an .upgrade type image. I'd like to pull off all the software and configuration, etc and create an image. Sort of a backup for people who like to add all kinds of things that take a while to configure. When something goes wrong (since I mess with it so much, it often does ) you could just load your last backup. ________ Donato MkII/Blue/40GB/080000565 _________________________ Donato MkII/080000565 MkIIa/010101253 ricin.us
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#18693 - 26/09/2000 18:47 Re: Creating an image [Re: ricin]
tfabris carpal tunnel Registered: 20/12/1999 Posts: 31600 Loc: Seattle, WA	I had been wondering about this myself. Good question. I wonder if the Empeg folks would mind if we reverse-engineered that file format? Sure would make distribution of custom kernels/logos/configs simpler for the end-user. ___________ Tony Fabris _________________________ Tony Fabris
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#18694 - 26/09/2000 19:09 Re: Creating an image [Re: tfabris]
ricin veteran Registered: 19/06/2000 Posts: 1495 Loc: US: CA	In reply to: I had been wondering about this myself. Good question. I wonder if the Empeg folks would mind if we reverse-engineered that file format? Sure would make distribution of custom kernels/logos/configs simpler for the end-user. Exactly. I'm sure a lot of people have been thinking the same thing, it would take a lot of the pain out of reloading all that software. I doubt we'd have to reverse-engineer the file format, <hint>the guys@empeg are kind enough to just release documentation on the file format and a utility to create the image and/or source on how to create it.</hint> ________ Donato MkII/Blue/40GB/080000565 _________________________ Donato MkII/080000565 MkIIa/010101253 ricin.us
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#18695 - 26/09/2000 20:06 Re: Creating an image [Re: ricin]
dionysus veteran Registered: 16/06/1999 Posts: 1222 Loc: San Francisco, CA	Having broken my configs more times then I can count, I just made a script under /drive0/working , which did all the necessary work to restore from developer version to my version.. that way, getting my config back is just a matter of imaging w/ developer version, then running that script... -mark MK2: 36gb Tivo: 90gb CPU: 120gb ...I think drive manufacturers love me! _________________________ http://mvgals.net - clublife, revisited.
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#18696 - 26/09/2000 20:18 Re: Creating an image [Re: dionysus]
ricin veteran Registered: 19/06/2000 Posts: 1495 Loc: US: CA	In reply to: Having broken my configs more times then I can count, I just made a script under /drive0/working , which did all the necessary work to restore from developer version to my version.. that way, getting my config back is just a matter of imaging w/ developer version, then running that script... -mark True. I do have a few things kept safe in /drive0/save, but I still thought actually being able to create my own image would be nice. ________ Donato MkII/Blue/40GB/080000565 _________________________ Donato MkII/080000565 MkIIa/010101253 ricin.us
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#18697 - 26/09/2000 23:22 Re: Creating an image [Re: ricin]
Derek addict Registered: 16/08/1999 Posts: 453 Loc: NRW, Germany	Hey isn't it just a normal .gz zip file? read throught the skript "g." in the player directory that installs it!! Why would you go to all the trouble of developing a special binary file format for such a simple thing? There's nothing secret there. (list 6284, Mk1 S/N 00299 4GB blue [for sale]. Mk2 S/N 080000094 6GB blue) _________________________ (list 6284, Mk1 S/N 00299 4GB blue [sold]. Mk2 S/N 080000094 20GB blue)
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#18698 - 27/09/2000 02:51 Re: Creating an image [Re: Derek]
Roger carpal tunnel Registered: 18/01/2000 Posts: 5683 Loc: London, UK	There's nothing secret there Yes there is. The 'g' script on developer builds _only_ installs the player. Generally, the player build scripts on our compile box create a player.gz, which we Zmodem over to the unit. The g script saves some typing when we extract it. The .upgrade file contains a bunch of other stuff, not just the player, e.g. it has a section that describes the changes to be made to the flash memory. To emphasise, the 'g' script has nothing to do with .upgrade files. We may release format specs for the .upgrade file at some point, however. Roger - not necessarily speaking for empeg _________________________ -- roger
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