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SirLD

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Flash Simpad Without Serload
« on: April 06, 2006, 05:56:21 pm »
hello,

does anybody know if i can flash a SIMpad with opie installed without serload via serial cable? i mean is there a way to download the image onto the SIMpad and then install it from within linux?
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Flash Simpad Without Serload
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2006, 06:27:48 pm »
No, that's not possible.

In theory you could write a program that loads itself in ramdisk, unmount all the mtdblocks, erase the flash and reprogram it from some source...
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« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2006, 12:44:54 am »
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does anybody know if i can flash a SIMpad with opie installed without serload via serial cable? i mean is there a way to download the image onto the SIMpad and then install it from within linux?

Depending on the bootloader, you could flash from a cf card though.
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