[olpc-help] Making image of onboard flash for restore purposes

[Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero]

On Jan 16, 2008 7:31 PM, Denver Gingerich <denver at ossguy.com> wrote:

> On Jan 16, 2008 4:16 PM, Steve Holton <sph0lt0n at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Jan 16, 2008 3:56 PM, Denver Gingerich < denver at ossguy.com> wrote:
> > > It seems like doing a backup of the flash might be a bit of a hassle
> > > given the firmware security.  Is it even worth it to try making a copy
>
> > > of the flash?  Or can I get an image of the factory default flash
> > > contents from somewhere else in case I need to restore?
> >
> > Your G1G1 XO contained the 650 build.  You can get a copy of the image
> > and re-flash your XO to it any time you want.
> > See the Main Page for links to the shipped (650), surrent stable (653)
> > and Developer image files:
> > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Main_Page
>
> Ok, based on the information I've found there, it looks like I can do
> the following to get back to factory default flash contents
> (reference:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Autoreinstallation_image#Manual_downgrade):
>
> copy-nand d:\boot\os650.img
>
> This is done at the OK prompt (presumably booting off a USB device)
> and d:\boot\os650.img is the os650.img file found at:
>
> http://download.laptop.org/xo-1/os/official/650/jffs2/os650.img
>
> Am I correct in saying that this will return my G1G1 laptop to the
> factory default flash contents?
>
>
Hi Denver

When you  have your developer key  and you  do that procedure your flash
contents remains the same besides from your home directory that is also
erased if you want to keep your home directory intact you can look at
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Olpc-update

HTH

cheers!




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