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2007-11-10
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@ Germany - Munich
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#2
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If you are a bit confortable with xterm, use
dpkg --get-selections and export the list of installed applications
then do set-selections on the new firmware, copy back your old sources.list and everything is reinstalled.
That's what I need for the last upgrade. It's the usual debian way, should be easy to find from google or probably on this forum.
Actually, I think this mechanism should be part of the GUI because asking people to go in xterm is never a solution for everybody.
dpkg --get-selections and export the list of installed applications
then do set-selections on the new firmware, copy back your old sources.list and everything is reinstalled.
That's what I need for the last upgrade. It's the usual debian way, should be easy to find from google or probably on this forum.
Actually, I think this mechanism should be part of the GUI because asking people to go in xterm is never a solution for everybody.
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2007-11-10
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@ Catalunya
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But you'll need different repositories for chinook, won't you?
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2007-11-10
, 15:13
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@ Netherlands
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What I hate about firmware updates, is that the Nokia flash-update-program refuses to recognize my n800 (just like Nokia's PC Suite doesn't recognize my Nokia phone). Nokia seems to disagree with some of the stuff I have installed on my PC.
I have to keep an old PC around, with hardly anything installed besides Windows, just to update my phone and my internet-tablet.
I have to keep an old PC around, with hardly anything installed besides Windows, just to update my phone and my internet-tablet.
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2007-11-10
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@ London, UK
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Originally Posted by POost
Or you could boot from a Linux LiveCD distribution - DSL is only 50MB - and boot into Linux on your main PC, or install VMWare and run Linux on your Windows PC...
What I hate about firmware updates, is that the Nokia flash-update-program refuses to recognize my n800 (just like Nokia's PC Suite doesn't recognize my Nokia phone). Nokia seems to disagree with some of the stuff I have installed on my PC.
I have to keep an old PC around, with hardly anything installed besides Windows, just to update my phone and my internet-tablet.
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2007-11-10
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@ St. Petersburg, FL
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Originally Posted by Milhouse
Yeah, the Windows flasher is probably the worst of the three. A LiveCD of Linux will get you must better results.
Or you could boot from a Linux LiveCD distribution - DSL is only 50MB - and boot into Linux on your main PC, or install VMWare and run Linux on your Windows PC...
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2007-11-10
, 18:15
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@ Germany - Munich
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Originally Posted by luca
Yes.
But you'll need different repositories for chinook, won't you?
I guess I'm too new with the device I only know bora
I forgot this, probably then that going from bora to chinook would be like going from debian sarge to etch and then dpkg --get-selection wouldn't be straighforward..
That brings a question to me...
Is there a technical limitation that we are only allowed to do a complete flashing and not some kind of 2 pass upgrade?
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2007-11-10
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#9
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It's planned for the next release, a full reflash should no longer be necessary.
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2007-11-12
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@ CA
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Originally Posted by ezuall
Your avatar is very scary. Thanks!
What I love about the upcoming OS2008 firmaware upgrade, is that I get a chance to start over. That gives me the courage to install applications I wouldn't normally try because I know I'm going to be flashing my device soon.
Well, I'm off to garage to see if I can find some pre-alpha stuff to try out.
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Well, I'm off to garage to see if I can find some pre-alpha stuff to try out.
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