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Corona_B

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Zaurus Flashing
« on: September 30, 2004, 10:39:35 am »
This isnt so much a problem as it is a question.  
I thought i was finally beginning to elevate my zaurus noob status (finally got my cross compiler setup, for compiling apps for the sharp rom, then i setup bitkeeper\oe for compiling for oe)

Normally i run zynergy with the special kernel (i have the pxa250 bug)

I recently flashed my 5600 to oz 3.5.1 with gpe using the cf card. it booted and loaded fine, it's very nice!  i tinkered a bit with settings etc no problems other than known bugs that have been mentioned in the wiki.

Later i flashed it to the 3.5.1 image with opie. same thing, no problems, tinkered a bit etc.

then...

i reflashed to my usual rom, zynnergy (i know i know, i should use oe full time, but seriously, remember this is a 5600, so oz prior to 3.5.1 is basically unusable without a ton of tweaking, and besides, i'm writing an sdl app that i already have the compiler setup to work with the sharp rom)

after rebooting after the flash it appears exactly as it was prior to flashing the oe-gpe image. EXACTLY! all settings, files, everything.  how the f did that happen?  i thought for sure that my zynnergy files would be erased when i installed the new rom.

so obviously, i have no concept as to how the zaurus update procedure works, why is my old filesystem intact? shouldnt it have been erased when i installed the new rom?
SL-5600 Clocked up to 471mhz, Zynnergy Rom. Linksys WCF12 Wifi, Sandisk 256 mb CF, Toshiba 256 mb SD, Ratoc CFU1U USB Host CF card,  2X Radioshack 23-047 Battery ExtendersChargers.

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« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2004, 11:12:04 am »
The OZ updater.sh doesn't erase the user filesystem, so your files can survive a re-flash.


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« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2004, 11:23:49 am »
So where are the oz files stored?
SL-5600 Clocked up to 471mhz, Zynnergy Rom. Linksys WCF12 Wifi, Sandisk 256 mb CF, Toshiba 256 mb SD, Ratoc CFU1U USB Host CF card,  2X Radioshack 23-047 Battery ExtendersChargers.