iLiad Undocumented Reflash Functionality (restore registry)

Adam B. · 08-21-2008, 05:34 PM

The iLiad has the ability to restore the registry from a CF card.

If you plan on working with the registry of your iLiad, and don't want to loose
any of the existing settings you can do the following:

Install dropbear on your iLiad.
Copy the /mnt/settings/registry folder off of your iLiad (use winscp or scp)
On your CF Card make a x:\images\registry\ folder.
Copy the contents from your registry backup into that folder.
Enter "settings" (without quotes) into x:\config.txt

To restore, use the normal restore procedure.

This is probably not useful for the average user, but if you're a developer testing changes to the registry, it could come in handy.

ericshliao · 08-21-2008, 10:26 PM

That's really cool. I have been bothered with having to re-edit registry everytime after reflash.

artur · 09-02-2008, 04:23 PM

1 Where can I find dropbear?

2 Copy /mnt/settings/registry to \images\registry?

3. Add the word "settings" after "format"? (I have this word in \config.txt.)

miguel.ossa · 09-12-2010, 12:07 PM

Hello,

ericshliao said me that is possible to follow theses steps for my particular case: http://www.openiliad.com/node/16.

I wonder if you could you send me you registry by e-mail to this address: mossa@wanadoo.es.

Thanks

Oh. Perhaps I cannot do this procedure, because now I cannot install anything from thirdy parts in my iLiad.

08-21-2008, 05:34 PM	#1
Adam B. Addicted to Porting Posts: 1,697 Karma: 7194 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Indianapolis, IN Device: iRex iLiad, Nokia 770, Samsung i760	Undocumented Reflash Functionality (restore registry) The iLiad has the ability to restore the registry from a CF card. If you plan on working with the registry of your iLiad, and don't want to loose any of the existing settings you can do the following: Install dropbear on your iLiad. Copy the /mnt/settings/registry folder off of your iLiad (use winscp or scp) On your CF Card make a x:\images\registry\ folder. Copy the contents from your registry backup into that folder. Enter "settings" (without quotes) into x:\config.txt To restore, use the normal restore procedure. This is probably not useful for the average user, but if you're a developer testing changes to the registry, it could come in handy.

09-12-2010, 12:07 PM	#4
miguel.ossa voyager Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Spain Device: Irex Iliad 2d edition	Hello, ericshliao said me that is possible to follow theses steps for my particular case: http://www.openiliad.com/node/16. I wonder if you could you send me you registry by e-mail to this address: mossa@wanadoo.es. Thanks Oh. Perhaps I cannot do this procedure, because now I cannot install anything from thirdy parts in my iLiad. Last edited by miguel.ossa; 09-12-2010 at 03:50 PM.

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ericshliao Guru Posts: 976 Karma: 687 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: Dell X51v; iLiad v2	That's really cool. I have been bothered with having to re-edit registry everytime after reflash.

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