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May 25 04:03:26 <rtslug> howdy all.
May 25 07:50:39 <_mindless_> hi
May 25 08:00:53 <_mindless_> anyone has a fat slug with 64MB, 2 chips, please?
May 25 09:14:23 <barnseenio> unfortunately i dont!
May 25 09:20:00 <_mindless_> :(
May 25 09:42:18 * xkr47 thinks he'll do with 32.. I don't have those ultra-thin soldering tips to do the jo
May 25 09:42:21 <xkr47> b
May 25 09:44:50 <_mindless_> xkr47 actually mine ain't so ultra-thin ... had to be way too patient :)
May 25 09:45:14 <_mindless_> but ... apex isn't recognizing my chips and only 32MB seems to be available out of the 64 ones
May 25 09:46:01 <xkr47> I guess you need jtag to add any memory too.. ain't got that either
May 25 09:46:24 <barnseenio> sounds like some serious effort
May 25 10:00:59 <_mindless_> well don't think a jtag is necessary unless i got redboot blown
May 25 10:03:32 <hideout> hi guys
May 25 10:03:49 <hideout> i managed to ipkg remove my unslung kernel :-)
May 25 10:04:33 <hideout> unfortunately, the kernel-image doesn't seem to be available from ipkg feeds
May 25 10:04:37 <hideout> any hints?
May 25 10:11:25 <_mindless_> hideout, maybe you can cross-compile the kernel 
May 25 10:12:03 <barnseenio> sounds painful, is a reinstall out of the question?
May 25 10:12:37 <_mindless_> what would reinstall solve?
May 25 10:18:41 <hideout> the kernel would be back
May 25 10:19:00 <hideout> i just need the zImage file for /boot .. i guess
May 25 10:20:22 <_mindless_> well the kernel ain't fetched from root filesystem
May 25 10:20:27 <_mindless_> it's fetched from flash itself
May 25 10:20:33 <hideout> oh
May 25 10:20:41 <hideout> so what's the file in /boot then?
May 25 10:21:14 <_mindless_> the file in /boot is the kernel image, you could delete it because something like a post-script copied it into flash after it was created
May 25 10:21:31 <hideout> i understand
May 25 10:21:44 <hideout> and ipkg remove kernel-image effectively erases the file from flash
May 25 10:22:43 <_mindless_> well not sure actually
May 25 10:22:53 <hideout> "reboot" would tell :)
May 25 10:23:01 <_mindless_> well
May 25 10:23:17 <_mindless_> you could cat /proc/mtd and then hexdump the right partition to see if it's clean
May 25 10:23:21 <_mindless_> erased
May 25 10:24:18 <_mindless_> if i'm right it should be /dev/mtdblock3
May 25 10:25:08 <hideout> worth a try
May 25 10:25:24 <_mindless_> sure :)
May 25 10:25:53 <hideout> mtd2: 00100000 00020000 "Kernel"
May 25 10:25:58 <hideout> this one i think
May 25 10:26:08 <_mindless_> ah ok yep it is, in debian is mtd3
May 25 10:26:20 <_mindless_> because in mtd2, apex bootloader's stored
May 25 10:26:36 <_mindless_> then hexdump /dev/mtdblock2 to see if it's actually erased
May 25 10:26:48 <hideout> doesn't seem to be erased
May 25 10:27:44 <hideout> i'll try a reboot then, if it fails i can still go into redboot and install a fresh unslung, right?
May 25 10:27:51 <_mindless_> well then you seem to still have your kernel image in flash
May 25 10:28:07 <_mindless_> yes, as long as you keep redboot in flash you'll be able to recover it without any hardware mod
May 25 10:30:36 <hideout> ok, failed. i'll reinstall then
May 25 10:30:38 <hideout> thanks for your help
May 25 10:40:35 <_mindless_> damn :(
May 25 10:40:39 <_mindless_> sorry 
May 25 10:40:48 <hideout> woah actually reboot did work
May 25 10:40:54 <hideout> just need to wait a bit :-)
May 25 10:41:14 <_mindless_> ah cool :) this requieres much patience :p
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