5600 System backup

[cada_thome]

The 5600\'s arrived. (one for me, one for son).  I\'ve been
playing with one. The other one I\'ve only turned on to make
sure it is functioning, and only set the date on it.
I know the backup utility backs up data that I create. But
is there a process to save out the ROM or kernal (or whatever)
while the 5600\'s are still virgin? ie. To put it back to
\'out of the box\' condition.

The supplied CD has a directory with these files:

DATA1.CAB
DATA1.HDR
DATA2.CAB
IKERNAL.EX_
LAYOUT.BIN
Setup.exe
Setup.ini
Setup.inx

Are those the sum total of restore files?  Or are they part
of the pc linking stuff?  I didn\'t see these files anywhere
on the pc after installing the CD.
One reason I ask is I read a thread on here that after doing
a reset or restore someone found that there were some
system files or drivers missing.


SL-5600 (pxa250)

[Tehas]

I believe, that if you want to go back to the \"out of the box\" condition, you can use the built in reset commands to restore to factory defaults.  You need to power it off,  open the battery cover, press and hold the reset button for several seconds, close the cover, and then while holding the OK button, press the on-off button.  It\'ll bring up a menu and I think one of the options is to reset the unit.  There\'s a section in the back of the manual on how to do this.

The regular backup, I think backs up /home.

[Ethereal]

The original Sharp ROM (kernel and RO filesystem) is available for download from Sharp, and here on ZUG, I think.  However, it\'s unlikely that you\'ll incidentally alter either of those, as they\'re on a partition that is mounted read-only, unmodifiable even by root.

The read-write filesystem is mounted on /home, and everything read-write that appears to be somewhere else (like /etc, for instance) does so via the magic of symlinks.  The backup application (which, BTW, has proven to be subtly but seriously flawed, in my experience) backs up the contents of that read-write filesystem.  To erase the contents of the read-write filesystem, choose \"Format\" from the maintenance menu.