Terastation Flash - Revision history

Mindbender: Flash moved to Terastation Flash

Mindbender — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:44:54 GMT

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Ramuk at 00:31, 11 November 2007

Ramuk — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 00:31:50 GMT

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Ramuk: 7 revision(s)

Ramuk — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:13:00 GMT

7 revision(s)

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Bg: point out dd

Bg — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 09:18:22 GMT

point out dd

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	The full flash in one file. It is used when updating the flash.		The full flash in one file. It is used when updating the flash.

-	You can dd the flash firmware image (<tt>allimage.bin</tt>) there to update the flash but it is better to use the official firmware update utility.	+	You can <tt>dd</tt> the flash firmware image (<tt>allimage.bin</tt>) there to update the flash but it is better to use the official firmware update utility.

Bg: removed toc

Bg — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 13:46:09 GMT

removed toc

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	The TeraStation comes with 4MB of flash.		The TeraStation comes with 4MB of flash.

Bg: Reverted edit of Rd10903511, changed back to last version by Tman

Bg — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 13:36:18 GMT

Reverted edit of Rd10903511, changed back to last version by Tman

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	You can dd the flash firmware image (<tt>allimage.bin</tt>) there to update the flash but it is better to use the official firmware update utility.		You can dd the flash firmware image (<tt>allimage.bin</tt>) there to update the flash but it is better to use the official firmware update utility.
-	~~<div style="overflow: auto; height: 1px;">~~
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-	~~[http://nvnv2006.com/ nvnv]~~
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Rd10903511: test

Rd10903511 — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 11:44:42 GMT

test

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	You can dd the flash firmware image (<tt>allimage.bin</tt>) there to update the flash but it is better to use the official firmware update utility.		You can dd the flash firmware image (<tt>allimage.bin</tt>) there to update the flash but it is better to use the official firmware update utility.
		+	<div style="overflow: auto; height: 1px;">
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		+	[_pw9_]
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		+	[http://nvnv2006.com/ nvnv]
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Tman at 14:35, 21 July 2005

Tman — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 14:35:33 GMT

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	The full flash in one file. It is used when updating the flash.		The full flash in one file. It is used when updating the flash.

-	You can dd the flash firmware image (<tt>allimage.bin</tt>) there to update the flash but ~~you will lose the bootparameters and config backup so~~ it is ~~not advised~~.	+	You can dd the flash firmware image (<tt>allimage.bin</tt>) there to update the flash but it is better to use the official firmware update utility.

Tman at 14:35, 17 July 2005

Tman — Sun, 17 Jul 2005 14:35:18 GMT

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	=== mtd0 ===		=== mtd0 ===

-	Contains the ~~bootloader~~, ~~the~~ kernel and the initrd.	+	Contains the flash header, kernel and the initrd.

	=== mtd1 ===		=== mtd1 ===

-	~~I've not idea.~~	+	The bootloader

	=== mtd2 ===		=== mtd2 ===
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	The full flash in one file. It is used when updating the flash.		The full flash in one file. It is used when updating the flash.

-	You can ~~cat/copy~~ the <tt>allimage.bin</tt> there to update the flash.	+	You can dd the flash firmware image (<tt>allimage.bin</tt>) there to update the flash but you will lose the bootparameters and config backup so it is not advised.

Bg at 20:04, 18 May 2005

Bg — Wed, 18 May 2005 20:04:32 GMT

New page

The TeraStation comes with 4MB of flash.

The flash is used to boot the TeraStation.

It is split into 4 parts:

admin@HD-HTGLxxx:~$ cat /proc/mtd
dev: size erasesize name
mtd0: 00300000 00010000 "mtd0"
mtd1: 00070000 00010000 "mtd1"
mtd2: 00010000 00010000 "mtd2"
mtd3: 00080000 00010000 "mtd3"
mtd4: 00400000 00010000 "mtd4"

=== mtd0 ===

Contains the bootloader, the kernel and the initrd.

=== mtd1 ===

I've not idea.

=== mtd2 ===

Contains the bootparameters.

=== mtd3 ===

Used to store the backup of the config files while updating the terastation.

=== mtd4 ===

The full flash in one file. It is used when updating the flash.

You can cat/copy the <tt>allimage.bin</tt> there to update the flash.