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#70
Originally Posted by bennypr0fane View Post
what is the difference between restoring rootfs with Rescueos and flashing it with Maemo Flasher?
From: http://n900.quitesimple.org/rescueOS/documentation.txt

Use cases ~~~~~~~~ In fact, most users do not need it. Either way, possible use cases: -Changing typos in bootscripts which prevent an operation system (e.g. maemo) to boot. -Creating a backup of files before starting a reflash. But should have existed anyway, correct? -Charging the battery (when maemo is dead). -Modification of the EMMC partitions and partition table. -Backing up & Restoring maemo rootfs. -fsck file system checks -and more...
...in my case, I found use for it on one instance where I had to recover my files before flashing at a time when I wasn't able to get the N900 to boot to Maemo 5 (and hence, prevented me from making a backup). With this tool, you can still access your files even if you are unable to boot to Maemo 5 and therefore create a backup. Once done, you can proceed with "normal" flashing.
 

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