Multibooting basically involves having an image in Flash Memory capable of running the plugin BarryAllen. You will then in the case of the DM600PVR be able to install & run other images from your HDD, then select which image you want to boot at startup.(other boxes can also use USB or CF)
Multibooting can be useful to get testing or evaluation time of new images, while still having the box fit for purpose, (The other half being able to watch corrie or to keep the kids quiet) in the shortest possible time.
I have recently started from scratch with my 600, I bricked it trying to update my version of BarryAllen! I then tried to help someone install BarryAllen an encountered a number of issues. It made me have another good scour on google but found it hard to find a good collection of info in one place about BarryAllen on the 600.
I would therefore like to start a thread to document some of the important information that may make the difference between a useful plugin and a total waste of time! I hope people will share their experiences and state Image in Flash and Version of BarryAllen installed.
First there are 2 variants of BarryAllen, powerpc (DM600) and mipsel (DM7025,DM800,DM8000), you must use the correct powerpc version for your DM600.
I currently have enigma2-plugin-extensions-barryallen_4.8.22_powerpc.ipk installed which is the latest powerpc version I can find. This version checks for a secondstage bootloader version later than !(upgrade Flashimage or Loader to 67 first)! This will stop BarryAllen from installing if not met. It maybe possible to install an earlier version that doesn't check the second stage bootloader but I'm unsure of what the implications are to stability.
Image in Flash Memory
!!!This seems to be very important!!!
I currentky have the latest Official DM image (untouched) in Flash. I previously had a Pli image in flash with an earlier version of BarryAllen which worked fine to, but I have experienced problems with the latest Pli Jade3 image. In the first tut I saw of BarryAllen it stated install Gemnini to Flash but this has implications for clones which need to be taken into consideration if you have one.
Installation:
ftp the plugin to /tmp
Install by entering the following commands in a Telnet session:
cd /
ipkg install /tmp/plugin-name.ipk
If you encounter errors document them if you expect someone to help you solve them! Then run the uninstall command for good measure.
UnInstall by entering the following commands in a Telnet session:
ipkg remove enigma2-plugin-extensions-barryallen
-!!!Only run Uninstall when booted from Flash!!!-
If installation all goes well restart your 600 and the BarryAllen plugin should be available.
ftp you new-image-name.nfi file to /MB_Images
Open BarryAllen plugin and use Wizard for images at /MB_images
extract *.nfi images
Your new-image-name.nfi should be listed just click ok and let BarryAllen do it's stuff.
When BarryAllen has finished restart your 600 and you should be able to choose it to boot @ startup.
In the Images installed by Barry Allen you don't have to install the Barry Allen Plugin anymore. The Barry Allen Plugin integrates into them automatically during the image extract.
I currently have Cli, DW, Pli and DFII_v11.1(Enigma2) yes (Enigma2) images running fine from my HDD
As Ever I would welcome all and any comments and hope this is useful to somebody, It worked for me!
enigma2-plugin-extensions-barryallen_4.8.22_powerpc.rar
Multibooting can be useful to get testing or evaluation time of new images, while still having the box fit for purpose, (The other half being able to watch corrie or to keep the kids quiet) in the shortest possible time.
I have recently started from scratch with my 600, I bricked it trying to update my version of BarryAllen! I then tried to help someone install BarryAllen an encountered a number of issues. It made me have another good scour on google but found it hard to find a good collection of info in one place about BarryAllen on the 600.
I would therefore like to start a thread to document some of the important information that may make the difference between a useful plugin and a total waste of time! I hope people will share their experiences and state Image in Flash and Version of BarryAllen installed.
First there are 2 variants of BarryAllen, powerpc (DM600) and mipsel (DM7025,DM800,DM8000), you must use the correct powerpc version for your DM600.
I currently have enigma2-plugin-extensions-barryallen_4.8.22_powerpc.ipk installed which is the latest powerpc version I can find. This version checks for a secondstage bootloader version later than !(upgrade Flashimage or Loader to 67 first)! This will stop BarryAllen from installing if not met. It maybe possible to install an earlier version that doesn't check the second stage bootloader but I'm unsure of what the implications are to stability.
Image in Flash Memory
!!!This seems to be very important!!!
I currentky have the latest Official DM image (untouched) in Flash. I previously had a Pli image in flash with an earlier version of BarryAllen which worked fine to, but I have experienced problems with the latest Pli Jade3 image. In the first tut I saw of BarryAllen it stated install Gemnini to Flash but this has implications for clones which need to be taken into consideration if you have one.
Installation:
ftp the plugin to /tmp
Install by entering the following commands in a Telnet session:
cd /
ipkg install /tmp/plugin-name.ipk
If you encounter errors document them if you expect someone to help you solve them! Then run the uninstall command for good measure.
UnInstall by entering the following commands in a Telnet session:
ipkg remove enigma2-plugin-extensions-barryallen
-!!!Only run Uninstall when booted from Flash!!!-
If installation all goes well restart your 600 and the BarryAllen plugin should be available.
ftp you new-image-name.nfi file to /MB_Images
Open BarryAllen plugin and use Wizard for images at /MB_images
extract *.nfi images
Your new-image-name.nfi should be listed just click ok and let BarryAllen do it's stuff.
When BarryAllen has finished restart your 600 and you should be able to choose it to boot @ startup.
In the Images installed by Barry Allen you don't have to install the Barry Allen Plugin anymore. The Barry Allen Plugin integrates into them automatically during the image extract.
I currently have Cli, DW, Pli and DFII_v11.1(Enigma2) yes (Enigma2) images running fine from my HDD
As Ever I would welcome all and any comments and hope this is useful to somebody, It worked for me!
enigma2-plugin-extensions-barryallen_4.8.22_powerpc.rar
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