Hi Gordon-- On November 25, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> I have tested this version of the kernel, and it works, so switching > to it shouldn't be a problem. I wouldn't switch the rest of the > system to packages from unstable just yet - for instance, there > appears to be a problem with the version of nslu2-utils in unstable > that can make the system unbootable. yikes! Are you sure? Has this been reported as a bug yet? http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?which=pkg&data=nslu2-utils&archive=no > > Can i just do something like this: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] cat /dev/mtdblock{0,1,2,3,4,5} > > >/var/backups/flashimage.bak > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] scp /var/backups/flashimage.bak > > backuphost:igor-backups/ > > > > and then flash it with upslug2 from backuphost if something goes > > wrong? That does seem to add up to the right bytecount... > > This method works (I do it all the time). Thanks! That's really good to know. And you've tested reflashing those generated images with upslug2? That's the bit i'm scared to try myself on my only functional nslu2. > A slightly shorter backup command is > > $ cat /dev/mtdblock* > /var/backups/flashimage.bak Ah, but then you're relying on the shell to expand that glob in alphabetical order, and i'm always paranoid about things like that... /reads bash manpage: Pathname Expansion After word splitting, unless the -f option has been set, bash scans each word for the characters *, ?, and [. If one of these characters appears, then the word is regarded as a pattern, and replaced with an alphabetically sorted list of file names matching the pattern. Sweet. i never knew i could trust bash to expand in alphabetical order (though it's a reasonable choice). Lots of new information for me today! Thanks again, --dkg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
