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#1 macnuts

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Posted 2 August 2012 - 09:25

Hi,

my DM8000 box just stopped booting up. I can only reach the STOP message.
I can flash it from web but I would like to save some configs from /etc before I reflash the box.

Is there any way to do it? I tired some communication protocols, but the connection was always refused and no trace in the serial log (the ports were closed, most probably).

Regards.

For a reference, below is my boot log (OpenPli3).
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Re: How to access / (root) folder from STOP boot mode? #2 macnuts

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Posted 2 August 2012 - 15:54

I managed to do it myself!

In case someone finds theirself in my position:
1.
I created the FAT USB stick, I put the vmlinux and autoexec_dm8000.bat in the root folder of it.
(vmlinux was from the image custom build).
In the autoexec_dm8000.bat I put the line:
/usb/vmlinux root=/dev/mtdblock3 rootdelay=10 rootfstype=jffs2 rw console=ttyS0,115200
2.
I put the USB stick into front USB socket.
3.
In telnet to box in stop mode: I set the usb as second boot device (with PgUp/PgDn) and set its command to:
/autoexec_dm8000.bat
Save settings & reboot. The device booted and was operational.

Regards.



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