HowTo to start alternative images'(10) of USB,CF,HDD or NFS without modifying 
the image of Dream.


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Image of Dream must be on the box (Version >=rel1.07.4.img).
An USB-Stick or a Compact flash Card with at least 64 MB (is sufficient for 
3-4 images).
If an image does not want to run once, simply remove the Stick or the CF and 
reboot the box. A further flashing is not necessary.
The combination of CF and HDD is not possible (Bug in the Kerneldriver) but 
all other combinations are not a problem.
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Starting image from USB-Stick:
First,boot box without the Stick.
Once the original image is started, put in the stick.
Enter following by Telnet:
mkfs.ext3 /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc
mount /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc /var/mnt/usb
The Stick is formatted and linked into the system at Mountpoint 
"/var/mnt/usb".
Since some USB-Sticks have to be mounted in  "/dev/.../part1", the two 
commands have to be changed.

Starting image from CF:
put in the CF and boot your box.
You can format the CF with following command:
umount /hdd
mkfs.ext3 /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1
mkdir /var/mnt/cf
mount /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 /var/mnt/cf
The CF is formatted and linked into the system at Mountpoint "/var/mnt/cf".

Starting image from HDD:
Who has movies on his HDD should safe them first.
You can format the HDD with following command:
umount /hdd
mkfs.ext3 /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1
mount /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 /hdd
mkdir /hdd/movie
The HDD is formatted and linked into the system at Mountpoint "/hdd"

Starting image from NFS-server:
I will not explain howto install an NFS-server at this point.
The NFS-drive is getting linked into the system by:
mount -t nfs -o rw,nolock 192.168.0.1:/dreambox /var/mnt/nfs
For "/dreambox" you must enter your NFS-directory.
I have tested the NFS option myself under Suse 8.2 and it ran without a 
problem if the following comandline is entered in "exports" (/nfs/ 
192.168.0.60(rw,no_root_squash,sync)).

Running the Setup:
Copy  the file "tools.tar.gz" with some FTP program to "/tmp"and the 2 
"setup" files to "var/tuxbox/plugins". Now just start the plugin by pressing 
the blue button.Restart Box and check if everything went right.

instal image:
You copy the image by FTP on the medium of your choice 
USB - /var/mnt/usb
CF - /var/mnt/cf
HDD - /hdd
NFS - /var/mnt/nfs
and start the 
"DreamFlash Image-Administration" by pressing the blue button

instal XFree86:
You copy the File "dreamX.tar.bz2" by FTP on the medium of your choice 
USB - /var/mnt/usb
CF - /var/mnt/cf
HDD - /hdd
NFS - /var/mnt/nfs
and start the "DreamFlash Image-Administration" by pressing the blue button.


Tips:
Some USB-Sticks have a so called "securityarea" that can cause problems 
under Linux. You can delete this area with the corresponding Progamm (Buy-CD 
to the Stick). With some users it already helped , when they have formatted 
their Stick in Windows once before.

Translation from Tomster

Mechatron

