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Originally Posted by theducks
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root home dir, runs from /root on Ubuntu 
So how does one image (restore) a file system on a device like the PEz? The device can't be running normally....The drive is in use. |
I think you might find that the hidden partition is actually two partitions, (1) for the the Hanlin Flash Util, and (2) for the actual bootable Pez system. User accounts don't come into it. So when you bootup holding the page turn button, partition 1 is booted leaving partition 2 unmounted, not in use, this able to be flashed (given the firmware doesn't appear to recreate the partitions, only write new data to the existing partitions, this seems to work).
The reason I say that user accounts don't come into it as when flashing you aren't using user accounts to amend the existing system, it is just a complete re-write so user authentication / file permissions are not used (think of using Norton Ghost, you can reimage a partition and doesn't require the use of authenticated users)