a complete backup of the image in flash

[satuser1053]

mfaraj57,

The test I made was to instal the .nfi file in a USB pen by means of Barry Allen. Everything seems to work fine.

I did not instal it in the internal flash yet. If you tell me you found problems I would try.

There is one thing I believe you should take care of: you should use the same secondstage you have in your original flash. (I hope it would not be too late for you..).

If you do not know which secondstage your flash is using this is the procedure to find out what it is:

1) switch off the box. (deep stand by)
2) unplug the dream from the power supply.
3) after 10 seconds or so, plug it in again while pressing the front panel button.
4) keep the button pressed until you see "STOP" in the front display.
5) Immediately before seen STOP a string appears for less than one second on the last line of the display. If you read carefully that line, you should understand which secondstage you are using. It is a number in the range #61 and #74.

Good luck

[seffe]

original img

you can download the original img from dreambox web page
seffe from sweden

[satuser1053]

Well, that was not my problem. When I bought the box, I found an image, which I was very satisfyed of and which was not the original one. Please read better my original post #1.

Therefore my problem was to try to save all of what I had in flash before starting to make tests with something new, in order to be able to restore what I had previously, if not happy.

Well, I did not believe it was so hard to find out a way to do that.

[kebirpm]

I'm making this post because, after a long searching on the web, I found a way to save the flashed image in a .nfi file. You can later use it to put that image on a USB pen, by means of Barry Allen.



Since there may be somebody interested to know how I drop few lines of descriptions.

I learnt how, just looking to the attached script file, which was originally made for DM600.

the procedure is the following:

1) retrieve a secondstage file from the following URL:

http://sources.dreamboxupdate.com/download/7020/secondstage-dm800-69.bin

if you need a different secondstage version replace the 69 with the version you want.

2) rename it secondstage.bin

3) gzip it with the following command:

gzip -c /tmp/secondstage.bin > secondstage.gz

4) put it on /MB_IMAGES on your DM800

5) Run Barry Allen and generate .nfi image

That's it.

Nothing difficult. The problem was only to find where to retrieve the secondstage file on the internet. That previously indicated link seems to me to be a hidden one.

Hi,
Whether this works on DE1.3.3 with BA5.0?
Regard's

[SuperMustafa]

hi,
which image is best for dm800hd clone ?

[daveyjones]

thanks, this may help me