DM600 quick way to flash

[alliv]

hi guy,s . i,m looking for your views on the quickest way to flash the 600 as its a pain waiting 30 mins with dreamup. if you could give a few details of what you found to be quicker.

[father ted]

you could telnet an image to it

[krazylegz]

as ted says try telnet.

heres some instructions

Slightly different to other dreamboxes. You can either use the Dreamup software (takes ages) or use the method below instead.

1. Boot the box, goto the communication menu and note the ip address.

2. Run DCC, connect to the dreambox. Once the network is connected ok, click on the the 'Telnet' option.

3. In the telnet window, type the following, pressing <return> at the end of each line.

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

4. You should now get a message saying that the Dreambox is rebooting.

5. Wait a few seconds and then run Explorer (Firefox or whatever) and enter the ip address of the Dreambox in the address bar.

6. On the screen that appears, choose the 'Upgrade firmware' option, find the .nfi file and click the 'Flash' button.

7. Once the progress bar reaches 100%, reboot the box

all done

[alliv]

as ted says try telnet.

heres some instructions

Slightly different to other dreamboxes. You can either use the Dreamup software (takes ages) or use the method below instead.

1. Boot the box, goto the communication menu and note the ip address.

2. Run DCC, connect to the dreambox. Once the network is connected ok, click on the the 'Telnet' option.

3. In the telnet window, type the following, pressing <return> at the end of each line.

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

4. You should now get a message saying that the Dreambox is rebooting.

5. Wait a few seconds and then run Explorer (Firefox or whatever) and enter the ip address of the Dreambox in the address bar.

6. On the screen that appears, choose the 'Upgrade firmware' option, find the .nfi file and click the 'Flash' button.

7. Once the progress bar reaches 100%, reboot the box

all done

thanks father ted and thank you krazylegz.
does this work for the 600? have you tried it ? is it tru the router ? straight or crossover cable? many thanks .

[krazylegz]

yes mate that is for the 600 and yes i've done 600's before that way.

you can either use it through router or crossover, i always just done it through my router as its always setup through that

[alliv]

yes mate that is for the 600 and yes i've done 600's before that way.

you can either use it through router or crossover, i always just done it through my router as its always setup through that

cheers krazylegz i,ll give it a go later m8.thanks again.

[alliv]

no luck with that guys. it killed the box and had to reflash with dreamup. is there something i,m missing? wireless router/straight cable..

[red devil]

hi m8 ive done my 500 & 600 with dreamup and a crossover cable
flashes in 2 mins
open dreamup/tick use network/press connect/connect power/choose image and ur done

[Curious123]

no luck with that guys. it killed the box and had to reflash with dreamup. is there something i,m missing? wireless router/straight cable..

I find that after I kill the bootloader in telnet and reboot the dm600, I always have trouble connecting to my box because the router always assigns it different ip address then previous to reboot the box. I always end up checking the dhcplist in the router to discover the new ip address to flash with the web interface.

[alliv]

hi m8 ive done my 500 & 600 with dreamup and a crossover cable
flashes in 2 mins
open dreamup/tick use network/press connect/connect power/choose image and ur done

thanks for the reply. what cables have you got connected with this ? just a crossover? no serial cable?

[alliv]

I find that after I kill the bootloader in telnet and reboot the dm600, I always have trouble connecting to my box because the router always assigns it different ip address then previous to reboot the box. I always end up checking the dhcplist in the router to discover the new ip address to flash with the web interface.

curious m8, thats exactly what happened to me.

[Curious123]

curious m8, thats exactly what happened to me.

Now you have found out where you are going wrong have you managed to flash it with the telnet option?

[alliv]

Now you have found out where you are going wrong have you managed to flash it with the telnet option?

can you give me a refresher course on whats involved .thanks for the quick reply.

[red devil]

thanks for the reply. what cables have you got connected with this ? just a crossover? no serial cable?

both cables m8, and do just as earlier post
never had a bother with this way, dreamup will pick up pc ip just check box ip is correct in dreamup as well

[Curious123]

Now you have found out where you are going wrong have you managed to flash it with the telnet option?

On your pc do Start > Run > type in telnet 192.168.x.xxx ip address of your dreambox

1. In the telnet window, type the following, pressing <return> at the end of each line.

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

2. You should now get a message saying that the Dreambox is rebooting.

3. Wait a few seconds and then run Explorer (Firefox or whatever) and enter the ip address of the Dreambox in the address bar. If you cannot connect to your dreambox than check the ip address of your dreambox in your router in case it has changed and type that ip address into your browser.

4. On the screen that appears, choose the 'Upgrade firmware' option, find the .nfi file and click the 'Flash' button.

5. Once the progress bar reaches 100%, reboot the box