INSTALL, REMOVE, BACKUP AND RESTORE A FIRMWARE IN MULTIBOOT

If DreamFlash is already installed on the dreambox, there are only
FIVE STEPS TO INSTALL AN IMAGE IN MULTIBOOT:

1) Select (or deselect) the "copy settings from active image" checkbox for allowing FlashWizard to copy all the settings present on the active image to the image that you wish to install in multiboot.

2) Choose if the new image will be selected as the default image on the dreamflash boot menu by clicking on the "Set new image as default choice on DreamFlash boot menu" button.

3) Tell to FlashWizard if you wish to restart the dreambox automatically after finished to install the new image, click on "Restart the dreambox when finished" button.

4) Simply Drag&Drop an image file icon on the drag&drop panel (or use the Open Folder button).

5) Flash Wizard does all the install job automatically. Just watch on the screen the install procedure being performed.

BACKUP AND RESTORE AN IMAGE ON FLASH MEMORY

The backup procedure allows to make a snapshot of Dreambox's memory status, that can be restored at any time reloading the backup file.
FlashWizard will compute automatically the best position for saving the needed temporary files, depending on the free space present on the installed device(s) on your system (Hard Disk and/or Usb Stick).
It is possible to restore a backupped image also on another Dreambox or another device: if you did a backup of an image that was installed on Usb Stick, you will also restore it on Hard Disk, and vice-versa.

Backup: select an istalled image on the images listbox, then press the button "Backup" to start the process that will backup and archive the selected firmware, all included: addons, plugins, and all other stuffs are actually present.
At the end of the procedure, FlashWizard will save the entire backup into a custom *.fwz file, named by you on the "Save backup as:" dialog box.

Restore: drag&drop a *.fwz backup saved file on drag&drop panel, or select a file using the open file button.
At the end of the restore, the restored image will be added to the images listbox, at the end of the list, and of course all addons-plugins and other stuffs will be restored automatically, just like it was when you did the backup.
To start the new image, reboot Dreambox and select it on the images menu at boot.

ABOUT INSTALLING DREAMFLASH

By clicking on the "Install or remove a firmware in multiboot" button, Flash Wizard will perform automatically a search for an installation of DreamFlash (by Mechatron) available on the dreambox.
The icon usb stick / hard disk will flash on the top of the window.
After the search, it will stop on "usb stick" or "hard disk" depending in wich device actually holds a dream flash multiboot installation.
At any time, you can refresh the status of the installed images on multiboot screen by clicking this icon.

If dream flash is not found, a pop-up message is displayed, and the "Utilities" tab will be focused and available to the user.
This Utilities tab could also be activated at any time for performing these operations:

a) to copy dreamflash files into target directories on the deambox, ready for being installed by pushing the blue key on the remote control and selecting the "DreamFlash - SETUP" menu item.

b) to remove all dreamflash files plus all the installed images from the dreambox, leaving the only flash memory base image cleaned-up, just like after a flash erase procedure.

c) to format and mount the usb-stick, or just only mount it without formatting - for preserving previous installed images and reactivate them after reinstalling the dreamflash plugin.

All these operations will be done automatically, no need to use FTP or Telnet interfaces.

If dreamflash was found and installed on the active image, you will see a list of all installed images in the listboxes. If dreamflash was just installed, you will see of course only the flash base image name.

MANAGING INSTALLED IMAGES

STATUS

The two icons that you will see on the feft and right side of the images listed on the listbox mean:

RED ARROW: (on the left side) point to the actually loaded and activated image on the dreambox.
GREEN "R": (on the right side) point to the image that will be automatically selected on the dreamflash bootmenu (this selected image will be loaded automatically when dreambox will be rebooted).

This way, you can easily select an image as default choice on next reboot, having it loaded automatically without the need to use the dreambox's remote control.
"Boot" is the button that changes this default image property, it is placed under the image listbox.

RENAMING AN IMAGE

To rename an image, select it on the listbox, then press the "Rename" button on the bottom.
Maximum 16 characters are allowed for image name.
Warning: Dreamflash LCD menu is compatible with names that are no more than 10 characters long. if you enter a longer name, it will be displayed only on TV screen menu, not on the LCD display menu.


DELETING AN IMAGE

It is possible to remove images from multiboot install by clicking on the "Remove" button.
Select the image that you wish to delete and press Remove button.
You can't (of course) delete the flash memory image.
You can't delete an image from the list that is placed below the loaded and active image (pointed by the red arrow), and of course you can't delete the actually loaded image too.

IMPORTANT FEATURES

- To install a new image, there is no need to reload the base image in flash memory, unlike you need to do with dream flash.
You can install images in multiboot even if the active image is not the flash memory base image.

- After dream flash install, you actually don't need any more to access it on the dreambox.
FlashWizard installs and removes the images automatically from your windows desktop, managing all the needed procedures, and adding them on the boot menu that will be displayed every time you restart the dreambox.

- To obtain informations about an installed image size, press the "Size" button under the image listbox.
You will see how much space it holds on your multiboot device (Usb Stick or Hard Disk).