Hi, ext James Sparenberg wrote: > 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? ... > -- . 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) Instead of gainroot & installing xterm I would install ssh, copy my public key to the device and disable password logins. It's much nicer then to do these command line operations with the desktop machine keyboard. :-) > 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. - Eero
