On Thursday 13 September 2007 00:16:14 Thomas Leavitt wrote: > So, like, when my box locked up (for no particular reason I could tell) > and I had to wipe and re-install, three days after I got the thing, it > wasn't that big a deal... just a few wasted hours... but now, I've got a > substantial investment in it... how do I back this thing up, so I can > re-flash it to where it is now, in case something breaks in the future > and "bricks" it? > > Thomas > _______________________________________________ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users at maemo.org > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users This performs better with OS2007 than 2006 but works in both for me YMMV (I use this primarily on my n800 but also on the 770) -- . Went to Control Panel/Backup and made full backup. 2. Copied some files(in particular Maemopad+ database) which were in root directory for some reason to my mmc1 card. 3. Saved list of installed applications to the mmc1 card by running dpkg ? get-selections > /media/mmc1/soft.txt 4. Flashed new firmware (flashing guide is here: http://internet-tablet.com/main/pereproshivaem-n800-ustanavlivaem-os-2007/) 5. During first boot Installation Wizard recognized backup on my card and proposed to restore it. I couldn't refuse that :) 6. Install xterm(http://maemo-hackers.org/osso-xterm.install) and becomeroot(http://eko.one.pl/maemo/dists/bora/user/binary-armel/becomeroot_0.1-2_armel.deb) 7. Open xterm window, become root: $sudo gainroot and change default root password: #passwd 8. Get our saved list of installed software from the place we put it before: #dpkg ?set-selections < /media/mmc1/soft.txt 9. Upgrade according to the selected list: #apt-get dselect-upgrade 10.Application manager displays list of packages to upgrade and asks for my permission: Yes! 11.Packages got loaded in a couple of minutes and installation begins. Sometimes licence agreement windows pop up. I agree :) 12.When application installer finished its work (no error messages!) I looked at the menu - all software have been installed successfully except of that which was installed not from repositories.
