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#371844 - 27/03/2019 20:39 How do I apply a .upgrade file from Linux?
Roger
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Registered: 18/01/2000
Posts: 5680
Loc: London, UK
- emptool doesn't build on recent versions of Ubuntu.
- nor, it turns out, even on debian potato under docker.
- the upgclient binary mentioned on the BBS no longer exists.
- I can't use Mark's upgrader, because I don't have a working disk in this player, which means that it doesn't appear on Ethernet.
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#371845 - 27/03/2019 21:04 Re: How do I apply a .upgrade file from Linux? [Re: Roger]
mlord
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Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14472
Loc: Canada
Use one built on an older system then. I have attached static linked versions here for you.


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emptool-v2final.static (226 downloads)
upgclient-v2final.static (200 downloads)
emptool-v3a11.static (211 downloads)



Edited by mlord (27/03/2019 21:07)

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#371847 - 27/03/2019 21:26 Re: How do I apply a .upgrade file from Linux? [Re: mlord]
Roger
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Registered: 18/01/2000
Posts: 5680
Loc: London, UK
Thanks.

Unfortunately, I'm getting "ERROR: 9 Flash program failed" frown
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#371848 - 27/03/2019 21:30 Re: How do I apply a .upgrade file from Linux? [Re: Roger]
Roger
carpal tunnel

Registered: 18/01/2000
Posts: 5680
Loc: London, UK
What I've tried so far (using mSATA disks with a PATA adapter):

- I used your upgrader to extract the parts from the upgrade file.
- I used your download to write the various flash parts.
- I managed to persuade minicom to drop me at the "pump>" prompt, and got it to partition the disk, but it turns out that the protocol for sending disk images is a bit awkward, and basically impossible to sanely script in minicom. And I don't feel like writing any (probably Python) code this evening.

So: I've ordered a USB-to-mSATA adapter (as in: I literally pressed the Checkout button as you posted those binaries), which should arrive tomorrow. I plan to apply the disk image using that.
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#371854 - 29/03/2019 15:09 Re: How do I apply a .upgrade file from Linux? [Re: Roger]
Roger
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Registered: 18/01/2000
Posts: 5680
Loc: London, UK
It lives!

Quote:
Est. Free Space: 223GB


My blog: Installing an mSATA disk in an empeg, wherein I use my Linux desktop PC and a bunch of Mark's utilities to persuade everything to work.
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#371855 - 29/03/2019 17:16 Re: How do I apply a .upgrade file from Linux? [Re: Roger]
mlord
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Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14472
Loc: Canada
Peachy. I've now saved a copy of your instructions for the next time I might need to do something similar!

Cheers

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#372023 - 27/05/2019 17:34 Re: How do I apply a .upgrade file from Linux? [Re: Roger]
mlord
carpal tunnel

Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14472
Loc: Canada
I have been working on an updated bigdisk builder image, and one thing I have noticed is that using -b4096 on the mkfs.ext2 line results in some programs being confused about the actual size of the resulting filesystem.

Eg. "df -h" on the empeg reports a much smaller than expected size. That doesn't really matter, but I wonder what else might be messed up by it?

So.. I'm dropping use of -b4096 from the new builder.

-ml

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