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scotty1024 · 10-28-2006, 04:03 PM

Please install a safety net into your rc.d!

Design256 showed how to do this in his "I survived the 2.7.1 update" thread.

Personally I have an MMC card with a tested emergency dropbear console script that I check for in the rc.d sequence prior to iRex's start.sh entry. That way if I hose my iRex startup I can insert my special MMC card, reset, power on and it will launch a lifeline console for me even if iRex's code gets so scrambled it can't work. I do it this way so I can still have a low power iLiad to read on the bus (I just don't put the card in during boot).

But this will only save you if you have it installed and tested prior to needing it.

Let's be safe out there.

10-28-2006, 04:03 PM	#1
scotty1024 Banned Posts: 1,300 Karma: 1479 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Peoples Republic of Washington Device: Reader / iPhone / Librie / Kindle	Important Note to everyone hacking their iLiad Please install a safety net into your rc.d! Design256 showed how to do this in his "I survived the 2.7.1 update" thread. Personally I have an MMC card with a tested emergency dropbear console script that I check for in the rc.d sequence prior to iRex's start.sh entry. That way if I hose my iRex startup I can insert my special MMC card, reset, power on and it will launch a lifeline console for me even if iRex's code gets so scrambled it can't work. I do it this way so I can still have a low power iLiad to read on the bus (I just don't put the card in during boot). But this will only save you if you have it installed and tested prior to needing it. Let's be safe out there.