Thread: Big problem: Need access to flash memory!
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2009-06-14 , 08:32
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Originally Posted by gerstavros View Post
No, i 'm using linux. I tried also with telnet on konsole. Note also that i hadn't enable ssh.
I read that i need to have the dev rootfs to have udb-networking, so i reflashed (as i thought i din't have any chance...). (If that's wrong, how can i do it on linux?) Now i 'm looking how to be able to make backup of an existing rootfs and initfs. I found that with
Code:
mount -t jffs2 /dev/mtd4
./mkfs.jffs2 -r /opt -o /media/mmc1/rootfs.jffs2 -e 128 -l -n
umount /opt
I can make my rootfs and save it on /opt, is that true? For initfs? Then i can copy it to my computer and flash it with ./flasher-3.0.amd64 -r myrootfs.jffs2 ??
For Linux, there's steps here: http://wiki.maemo.org/USB_networking

Yes, those steps will allow you to make a flashable rootfs but those steps assume you're booted into another system -- not initfs. (It can be done via initfs but you'll need SSH)