8 replies to this topic

[Bruce1823]

Flashing an octagon-sf8008 from the command line will install and replace

the existing image on the current image location.

Is it possible to flash in this manner to a different slot? Thks.

[betacentauri]

Yes. Use -m ofgwrite option to select the slot.

 

E.g. this will flash the image into slot 2:

ofgwrite -m2 -r -k <path to the image files>

[Bruce1823]

Yes. Use -m ofgwrite option to select the slot.

 

E.g. this will flash the image into slot 2:

ofgwrite -m2 -r -k <path to the image files>

Many thanks for your help and info.

[Bruce1823]

Yes. Use -m ofgwrite option to select the slot.

 

E.g. this will flash the image into slot 2:

ofgwrite -m2 -r -k <path to the image files>

Have just flashed slot 4 with success. Is it also possible to flash sda slots or is this restricted to the first 4 slots. Thks once again.

[betacentauri]

Yes, is possible.

I can't test myself at the moment. So better be sure that you have a full backup and that you don't have any important data on the SD card!

ofgwrite -n -m0 -ksda0 -rsda1 <path to image files>

The -n parameter is for a test. You can look at the output and your box won't be flashed.

Important: Exchange the sda0 with a kernel partition on the SD card and the sda1 with a rootfs partition.

And please don't change the -m0 if you want to flash partitions on the SD card.

If you're sure that the output looks good, you can flash by removing the -n parameter.

Edited by betacentauri, 18 January 2022 - 18:07.

[Bruce1823]

Following  your instructions, I flashed 2 Images on 2 different sda partitions and both flashed successfully. 

Many thanks once again.

[Bruce1823]

Not all Images have the option to delete an installed Image. Can this also be done from the command line please?

[stro11]

Hi satfoot,

 

If you format the right partition, the image is deleted.

 

mkfs.ext4 /dev/<devive partition>

 

If you want to delete the image from Multiboot slot 5, format the second partition:

mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2

 

regards

stro11

[Bruce1823]

 

Hi satfoot,

 

If you format the right partition, the image is deleted.

 

mkfs.ext4 /dev/<devive partition>

 

If you want to delete the image from Multiboot slot 5, format the second partition:

mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2

 

regards

stro11

 

Thank you very much for your reply. If I need to delete an image not from the sdcard but for example from slot 4, is it also possible by telnet? Thks. again.