Full Version: Backup Rom To Flash Card
I know I can load the original rom again if I foul things up from another source. But I want to rip my original rom to CF just in case. What do I need to do?
QUOTE(lowtec @ Aug 5 2005, 04:20 PM)
I know I can load the original rom again if I foul things up from another source. But I want to rip my original rom to CF just in case. What do I need to do?
dd if=/dev/mtdblock0 of=/mnt/card/something.rom
Hit p and d button and at the same time push the reset button. This gets you in the maintenance menus. Then go to screen 4/4 (hit the left button) Go down to number 5 and do a nand backup. It will make a copy of what is in flash and your rom to the cf card. Once it's done hit the reset button and you're all set! It will make a file called syst0006.dbk
QUOTE(BarryW @ Aug 5 2005, 05:20 PM)
Hit p and d button and at the same time push the reset button. This gets you in the maintenance menus. Then go to screen 4/4 (hit the left button) Go down to number 5 and do a nand backup. It will make a copy of what is in flash and your rom to the cf card. Once it's done hit the reset button and you're all set! It will make a file called syst0006.dbk
Being adventurous tonight I did the above and was told it couldn't get the size of my cf card. Ok, it is a 4GB hitachi micro-drive so I shouldn't be surprised. Have a scary moment getting it to reboot, switch in a 1GB CF card and get the same result. Does the CF card need to be DOS formatted or something?
John
QUOTE(inode0 @ Aug 7 2005, 05:24 AM)
Being adventurous tonight I did the above and was told it couldn't get the size of my cf card. Ok, it is a 4GB hitachi micro-drive so I shouldn't be surprised. Have a scary moment getting it to reboot, switch in a 1GB CF card and get the same result. Does the CF card need to be DOS formatted or something?
Tried again with a VFAT formatted CF card last night and it appeared to work fine ... guess that is the ticket.
John
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