How to backup an image on the dm600?

[smirnoff_rules]

l want to update my image l have in downloads , but for the life of me cant remember how .. lv backed up the dreambox . but how do l make a backup image to pass around ? cheers for the pvr 600

[mic_mic]

smirnoff you are a saint for trying to do this. Many people will kiss your feet

[Devilfish]

I've not got a DM600 but found this for you to try.

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Copy the three files included in the archive to "/usr/bin".
After that you have to set the rights to 755 for all three files to make them executable.

To start the script you have to enter "build-nfi-image.sh DIRECTORY". DIRECTORY is the place,
where the .nfi file will be build, e.g. "build-nfi-image.sh /media/hdd" will place the backup on your harddisk.

About 50MB free space is needed and the Box must have an internet connection to load the Secondstage-Bootloader from DMM.

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Maybe the 600 owners know a better way.

[Devilfish]

Here's another backup script, thanks to mrdude!

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No need for the receiver to be connected to the internet for this to work.

How to:

Ftp the included files to the dreambox root dir.

Chmod all the files in usr/bin to 755
Chmod /usr/lib/tuxbox/plugins/flexmenu.so to 755
Chmod /usr/lib/tuxbox/plugins/flexmenu.cfg to 644
Chmod /etc/tuxbox/config/shellexec.conf to 775


Once done - press yellow on the dreambox remote control to bring up the plugin menu.
Select 'Backup Your Dreambox'.
The backup process will take a little while - once complete your new image backup will be created in the /media/hdd folder.

Use dreamup - to flash back to the dreambox or you can do it the fast way like this.

Make sure you have some way of giving the dreambox an ip address (connect to a router for example)

telnet into the dreambox and enter these commands.

mount /boot -o remount,rw
rm /boot/*
reboot

Once the box has rebooted - it wont appear to come on, just enter the box ip into your internet browser, you will see a web interface to flash the box - use your image, this takes only a couple of minutes - once complete reboot the dreambox and that's all folks.

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[smirnoff_rules]

well u lost me on the third line there m8 .. is there a plugin l use then , theres lots of files in the bin folder ...

[Devilfish]

The plugin is attached to the thread m8. You need to ftp the files to the box in the locations stated and then use the plugin to create the backup.

[terminator2k2]

hey kaos is mrdude still about at all.???

still using one of his first images of pli which was from the cave for the 600pvr...

one excellent image....and with his pulse skin...its superb.....

miss his input and images since the cave got rid of the you know what.....

[Devilfish]

I think he sold his 600 a while back so probably fell out the scene a little.

[terminator2k2]

oh right... pitty really as he made some very good images when there was nothing around for us 600pvr owners.......

[Fano]

Is there any way to backup the 600 without a hard drive installed ?

[smirnoff_rules]

l backed mine up its over 20mb , l have it mounted to a drive aswell so if l record it goes to the pc , dont ust the internal drive , but anyway the backup still saved there and not my mounted disc . looks like u will need one for that

[Fano]

Seems like I will need a Hard drive to backup the image properly.
Have tried a number of methods but none work properly .

[satman]

Seems like I will need a Hard drive to backup the image properly.
Have tried a number of methods but none work properly .

You need a hard drive,, or use a network mounted drive before you can do a full 600 backup,,,,
telnet the way to go i always believe cant speak for the plugins but fairly easy to get a full backup of a 600 ...

[fishy123]

I've not got a DM600 but found this for you to try.

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Copy the three files included in the archive to "/usr/bin".
After that you have to set the rights to 755 for all three files to make them executable.

To start the script you have to enter "build-nfi-image.sh DIRECTORY". DIRECTORY is the place,
where the .nfi file will be build, e.g. "build-nfi-image.sh /media/hdd" will place the backup on your harddisk.

About 50MB free space is needed and the Box must have an internet connection to load the Secondstage-Bootloader from DMM.

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Maybe the 600 owners know a better way.

this method works a charm for me. thanks devilfish

[bub]

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Chmod all the files in usr/bin to 755
Chmod /usr/lib/tuxbox/plugins/flexmenu.so to 755
Chmod /usr/lib/tuxbox/plugins/flexmenu.cfg to 644
Chmod /etc/tuxbox/config/shellexec.conf to 775


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I would appreciate some help on this part of backing up image please. 'Chmod all the files in usr/bin to 755'
what files am I supposed to CHmod?
what is Chmod?
where is 755 folder?

Thanks

bub