clean installation of 643.

[John Watlington]

The autoinstaller is not working properly.  This is a known problem, but
given that the preferred method of upgrade is now over the network, it
has not been a priority.

To install the firmware from a USB stick using OFW:
flash path_to_file
   where path_to_file is usually something like u:q2d05.rom
You can use:  dir u: to list the contents of the USB stick.

To install a build from a USB stick using OFW:
copy-nand path_to_file

This will overwrite all data on the laptop.  Make sure to backup  
anything
you want to keep!

wad

On Nov 28, 2007, at 12:31 PM, Yoshiki Ohshima wrote:

>   Alex,
>
>> In the future, if you're only updating the ofw, you should just get
>> to the ok prompt and type: ok flash path_to_file
>
>   Yes, I know that, but it is not a good way to check if there is a
> bug or not^^;
>
>> Also, after the firmware is upgraded, it reboots the machine, which
>> would then lead the machine into trying to do an upgrade instead of
>> a clean install if you don't hold the square key. That is probably
>> why it created a backup and tried to restore from it. This means
>> there may be some issues with the auto-reinstallation process, which
>> should be looked into.
>
>   Yes, that explains.  Thank you!
>
> -- Yoshiki
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