Aktuelles FlashWizard

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Release 7o2o BETA 1
26/09/2005


- THIS IS A PUBLIC BETA
Every comment or bug report is highly appreciated, best for me if posted
on the official support forum, where I daily hang around :-)
http://www.satnews.it/vbforum/forumdisplay.php?f=28
Thanks.

- Added DM7020 to the known machines :-)
On DM7020 is currently supported:
1) Multiboot install/remove of images and backups (*.fwz), both OpenEmbedded native
images and "old" dm7000 images are supported, and also FW backups (*.fwz) of
old and new openembedded images.

2) Settings save/restore for current running image.

3) SmartSettings Copy, even from OE image to standard one (this was the hard part to do!)
You will find all properly set-up on your brand new installed image, even at first boot ;-)

4) Compatible with all known images in flash, no need of an official DMM one.

- Full automatic recognition of connected dreambox model and running image type
(open embedded or standard structured or cramfs only, as for old DM500 images),
and also install-time recognition of new image's structure.
The end user will take no care of what image he wish to install and where, all
patches and fixes will be automatically performed by FlashWizard.

- Added images install on Compact Flash (DM7020 and DM7000 with tricky install)
On DM7000, you must switch you HDD to slave (if you have any) in order to work with
a compatible Compact Flash, then you must patch the mount commands in your images to
/dev/ide/.../target1/... for letting the hdd being recognized and mounted.
WARNING: DO NOT connect a CF on DM7000 unless you know exactly what you are doing!!!
Otherwise you could damage your hdd and/or loose all you recordings!
You have been warned....
(However, this is not FlashWizard-related, you can hopefully find full how-to
documentation on all dreambox forums worldwide).
No problems with DM7020, you just have to use a compatible CF.

- Added Compact Flash format and mount buttons (on Config and Utilities Window).

- Updated boot menu to handle CF, with auto-recognition of hosting machine (current version is 1.7)

- Added SmartTelnet image recognition:
The "Quick FTP" buttons will automatically be set on right destination directories,
according to which image type is currently selected at SmartTelnet launch
(open embedded or standard 7000-like image)
The image infos (version) will be collected from right place, with auto recognition too.

- TODO:
* DM7020 Flash install of images and backups (due to nand memory hardware, it is not easy as before).
* Install of 7020 images on 7000 (hmmm... not so necessary feature, I think ... at least now! ;-).

- NOTES:

1) As far as I know, FlashWizard is not compatible with Miniroot installed on 7020 flash image.
Please uninstall Miniroot if you wish to try FlashWizard.

2) Installing images on NFS does not work properly with 7020.
I have no idea why it don't work, as it works like a charm with DM7000/DM500/DM5620
The procedure is identical, but the NFS install actually hangs on DM7020...
Should be related to networking problems of actual 7020 images. I think.
So: please use only CF-HDD-USB on a DM7020 for the moment.

3) DM7020:
It is highly recommended to have the flash image running when you start to install a new image on
multiboot.

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Release 7o2o BETA 2 30/09/2005

- THIS IS A PUBLIC BETA
Every comment or bug report is highly appreciated, best for me if posted
on the official support forum, where I daily hang around :-)
http://www.satnews.it/vbforum/forumdisplay.php?f=28
Warning, please read:
-> PLEASE UNINSTALL Beta_1 from your flash image before installing present release.
-> To uninstall, you must use FW beta_1 itself, NOT this beta_2 release.

Thanks. :-)


What is supported?
==================

- DM7020:
To make it clear: :-)

* On Flash:
you can use *any* true OpenEmbedded .nfi image (MUST have an OpenEmbedded image
in flash, no old fashioned 7000-like images are supported in flash).

* On Multiboot (USB/HDD/CF/NFS) you can install;
1) all known .NFI images, both OpenEmbedded and Tuxbox-CVS (yes, old 7000's style too, like Neutrino);
2) all known .IMG images, built for DM7000 from 1.074 to 1.09 (!!);
3) .FWZ backups of any DM7000 images
4) .FWZ backups of DM7020 images, both OpenEmbedded and Tuxbox-CVS old fashioned.

- DM7000/5620/500:
All is still supported:
you can install and run every image/backup from 1.074 to 1.09 both in flash and multiboot
on USB/CF/HDD/NFS (only on models that support these devices).


What is new?
============

- DM7020: Totally rewritten image startup logic
Fixed network startup, Telnet server is now always working for multiboot images.
Warning: PLEASE UNINSTALL Beta_1 from your flash image before installing present release.

- DM7020: Get rid of GO file, both for .NFI and .IMG images and backups.
The GO file will no more be present on images installed on DM7020.
Warning: this means that you can't swap anymore an usb stick or CF card from DM7000
to DM7020 and vice-versa to use the same installed images.
Please make a backup and then restore it on the target machine to be full compatible.
Swapping Usb Sticks and CF cards between dreamboxes sharing the same model name
will of course still work perfectly as before.

- DM7020: Nameserver address fixed on SmartSettings copy

- DM7000: Rewritten GO file, updated and fixed for latest images
All .ko modules are now FULL removed before starting a multiboot image.
The kernel modules aren't belonging to flash image any more (if an image of
same kernel version is to be started, of course).
Multiboot images will use their own modules.

- DM7000: Fixed patches on rcS file of latest CVS
(no remark lines as unique statement inside if..then..fi conditional, as ash
shell scripts don't like it... ;-)

- New Boot menu 1.8

- SmartTelnet clipboard buffer enhanced, for wider range of copy/paste data.

- Other fixes and code tunings, as ever :-)


TO DO:
======

- DM7020: Install in flash of NFI images and FWZ backups.
Please be patient a while, this will be the next step, I promise :-)



Notes:
======

- When installing a non-enigma image (Neutrino), please make sure to
disable SmartSettings copy. SmartSettings copy procedure is tuned for
Enigma images and will not work on others.


Wie immer, im ersten Posting!

grz rqs

[rqs]

Release 7o2o BETA 3
01/10/2005

- THIS IS A PUBLIC BETA
Every comment or bug report is highly appreciated, best for me if posted
on the official support forum, where I daily hang around :-)
http://www.satnews.it/vbforum/forumdisplay.php?f=28
Thanks to all contributed to grow-up this program.


This is basically a bug-fixes release, built on the basis of users reports. Thanks.

- Fixed mount of hard disk when the image is started on hard disk too.
However, this was not a bug in FlashWizard, but it's probably busybox's mount command bug.
Now recording works on hdd installed images too ;-)

- Fixed boot menu install bug.

- Fixed syncing trouble between FTP and Telnet clients included in FlashWizard, which
sometimes resulted in lost files during install on slow devices.

That's all for the moment, next release will include flash backup.

Note for translators:
Thanks a lot to all!
It's really amazing for me to find out that FW is almost everywhere worldwide used!!

Please note: This beta_3 release share the same locale file of previous betas, so don't
waste your time on a new translation yet, previous ones fits well for the moment. :-)

http://www.spinnes-board.de/vb/showp...59&postcount=1

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Release 6 RC1
09/10/2005

- THIS IS A PUBLIC BETA
Every comment or bug report is highly appreciated, best for me if posted
on the official support forum, where I daily hang around :-)
Link
Thanks to all contributed to grow-up this program.


- DM7020: added compatibility with new DM7000's squashfs2.2-LZMA compressed images (multiboot install).
You can now install all 7000's images, both if LZMA compressed or standard squashfs2-2.
The old squashfs.ko and the new LZMA-squashfs.ko modules are NOT compatible each one with the other.
Make sure to choose the right option when installing a DM7000 images, else you may need to restart the
dreambox before you can retry to install (as the squashfs.ko module may lock-up if incompatible image
is provided, and cannot be removed from the kernel without a complete reboot).

- DM7020: fixed rcS bug of latest CVS images.
The hard disk was no mounted anymore at boot, if image is run on 7020.
@ DMM developers: you should fix it in rcS, as 7000 images can perfectly be run on 7020 too.

- DM7020: always write "go" file in image when installing a dm7000 one.
The "go" file it is no longer used on 7020 multiboot procedure, but, by doing that way, it is gave back
the capabilty to exchange external devices between 7000 and 7020, sharing the same dm7000 installed images,
that can be booted on both dreambox models.

- Boot menu 1.9, never umount devices. This caused problems with some bugged 7000/7020 images.

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* Release 6.2 20/01/2006

* Select devices to use (Multiboot)
You can use all your devices or disable some of these in
Configuration and Utilities Window.
Disabled devices are not used and not scanned for images in Multiboot
window (but the FW boot menu will always scan for all devices).
Warning: if you disable some devices, then FlashWizard will not use them
for saving temp files too. This means that enabled devices must have
enough free space for installing images and, expecially, while saving or
restoring backups.
Tip: backups make large use of temp files, so if you disable fast devices
(i.e. hard disk) this will result in a slow down of the backup/restore
processes.

* Images InfoWizard: add sounds/musics to your backups! (*.mid, *.mp3, *.wav)
The Images InfoWizard gets more powerful:
you can now add a background music, played while saving and restoring
backups (both flash and multiboot).
Tip: use midi or mp3 files, do not increase too much your backups file size.

* GO file finally fixed
Hopefully working on all dreamboxes now ;-)

* Boot menu transparency fixed, according to new cvs framebuffer changes.

* Better handling of FW2 files



* IMAGES INFOWIZARD
Starting with FW 6.x, a new powerful tool is born: Image InfoWizard
It is a complete editor for backups distribution infos, maybe for images too in the future.
You can add texts and graphics, plus a background picture and a music, plus a sponsored link too.
Texts are in Rich Text Format, you can edit/write them with WordPad (you can run it direct from
InfoWizard tool Window).
The background picture (optional) is a BMP bitmap file.
The background music (optional) can be included from *.mid, *.mp3, *.wav files,
and will be played while saving and restoring backups (both flash and multiboot).
The "sponsored" link (optional) can be input on InfoWizard window, and will show on
your distributed backup, a click will open your browser on linked page.
Image InfoWizard can be used both for flash and multiboot backups, generating a *.FW2 file.


* Italian, Nederlands, English, Deutsch, Francaise locales included.
German translation by Lapidis, updated by Jo Squillo
French translation by Mimi74


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* FAQ: What can I install with current FlashWizard, and where?

on DM 7020, on multiboot install (CF-USB-HDD-NFS):
- NFI images, with OpenEmbedded structure
- NFI images, with Tuxbox-CVS (dm7000-like) structure (i.e.: Neutrino)
- IMG images, built for dm7000 with new LZMA compression
- IMG images, built for dm7000 (all previous images, from 107.4 to 1.09)
- FWZ backups of 7020 NFI images, both OpenEmbedded and Tuxbox-CVS
- FWZ backups of 7000 IMG images
WARNING:
- on 7020, you *must* have in flash a true OpenEmbedded image (no 7000 cvs-tuxbox like!).
Make sure before installing FlashWizard on your 7020 to have an OE image in flash.


on DM 7000, on flash and multiboot install (CF-HDD-USB-NFS):
- all known DM7000 IMG images, from 107.4 to 1.09
Just make sure to have a compatible image in flash when you install a new one.
In example, to install a new LZMA compressed image, you must have a LZMA image in flash too.
- all FWZ backups of 7000 images (both on flash and multiboot)
FWZ backups can be saved and restored with ALL images in flash, as they don't care of the
flash image's kernel/squashfs version.


on other dreamboxes, images on flash and on multiboot on supported external devices.

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