10-02-2009
Flash Archives - A little bit of help :-)
Hi all
Okay, I know how to make flash archives, and I even know how to split them and extract files. But, Ive never used one to restore an OS drive and I might have to.
Ive search around google, and seen different ideas / ways, but havent really come to a definate answer. So, lets imagine Ive got a complete flash archive of my root drive. The root drive fails, and I need to restore the flash.
How do I do that ? Ive read that we pop in the dvd, boot up the system in mini root and during the installation process it asks you if you want to install via a flash archive and gives you options, nfs, local, tape, etc etc.
If my flash archive lives on another server, do I have to nfs share this out, then put this share / server name into the install question ? if so, what is the format ? When you tick the NFS option, does it open up another box asking for the server /mount name ? or does it search the network for nfs mounts ?
Being honest, the last build I did, via cd, was a solaris 2.6 server years ago :-) I recently did a few x86 builds of solaris 10. So, my buid knowlegde is rusty :-)
So, any how too's, tips, advice would be grateful.
SBK
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m16c-flash
M16C-FLASH(1) General Commands Manual M16C-FLASH(1)
NAME
m16c-flash - Flash programmer for Renesas M16C and R8C microcontrollers
SYNOPSIS
m16c-flash [COM_DEV] [CPU_TYPE] [FILE] [ID1:...:ID7] [OPTIONS]
DESCRIPTION
m16c-flash is a flash programmer for the Renesas M16C and R8C microcontrollers which operates in asynchronous mode.
OPTIONS
COM_DEV The serial device to use for flashing, e.g. /dev/ttyS0 or /dev/ttyUSB0.
CPU_TYPE The CPU type you want to flash to (currently M16C or R8C).
FILE The filename of the binary you want to flash.
ID1:...:ID7 The device ID.
--help Show a help text and exit.
--version Show version information and exit.
EXAMPLES
Flash the simple.s file onto an M16C microcontroller via the first serial port (/dev/ttyS0) using 0:0:0:0:0:0:0 as the device ID:
m16c-flash /dev/ttyS0 M16C simple.s 0:0:0:0:0:0:0
Flash the test.mot file onto an R8C microcontroller via the USB serial device /dev/ttyUSB0, and using ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff as device ID:
m16c-flash /dev/ttyUSB0 R8C test.mot ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
BUGS
Please report any bugs to Thomas Fischl <tfischl@gmx.de>.
LICENCE
m16c-flash is covered by the GNU General Public License (GPL).
AUTHORS
Greg Reynolds <greg@lostintheether.net>
Jim Hawkridge <h046@eee-fs4.bham.ac.uk>
Thomas Fischl <tfischl@gmx.de>
This manual page was written by Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
August 20, 2006 M16C-FLASH(1)