how to see what your dreambox is saying

[PaphosAL]

Not entirely sure what your problem is, Mags, or what it is you're trying to achieve, m8...



Are you attempting to use a swapfile on a mount? If so, is the mount in place yet, and mounted folder contents viewable via FTP?

Cheers- AL

[Magnu420]

im trying to achieve in what the 500 is saying when booting up,trying to find
out why theres no motor config folder on the new 500s box,ive took an working img form working box which shows the motor config folder put it onto the ex cable 500 when it boots up i wont show that folder,me thinks it could be down to an older bootloader,does anyone know how to extract a bootloader????

[PaphosAL]

Yep, I know how to grab the bootloader, Mags. Here's mine, from my DM500S testbox.

The command used to extract it is:

cat /dev/mtd/2 > /tmp/mtd2_bootloader.img

To flash it to your box, unrar it and ftp it to /tmp - then telnet this command:

[ -e /tmp/mtd2_bootloader.img ] && cd /tmp ; eraseall /dev/mtd/2 ; cp mtd2_bootloader.img /dev/mtd/2 ; reboot

WARNINGS

1. First ensure that the small binary eraseall exists in /bin or /sbin - if it doesn't, shout!!

2. Flashing the mtd2 partition is a potential box killer and may involve another jtag session to recover

Cheers- AL

[PaphosAL]

Another thought is to backup your PLi Jade image, then reflash with Commando 14.3

Then see what the Services > Scan menu offers up in the way of DISEqC settings...

AL

[Magnu420]

cheers Al a good job i still kept the jtag on the box will have a do after

thanks...

[Magnu420]

well flash new b/loader and guess what...... i got the motor config folder

gonna test c14.3 to see if any changes

thanks Al

[PaphosAL]

WOOOOOO!!!!! Now THAT'S a result, Mags! You're a braver man than I, Gunga Din...

Cheers- AL

[Magnu420]

ok put commando 14.3 on no problem,went to yweb.. osd screenshot,remote and osd screenshot and lcd screenshot is missing,install dreamshot from here DM500 ScreenGrab for Neutrino

went into the motor configs i got this and this wooohoooo lol

forgot to add i cant test the pix cos i dont have a cable from dish into the office yet

[PaphosAL]

That's good, Mags. Yes, we know that screenies don't work in yWeb on dm500, and LraiZer has previously alerted us to the ScreenGrabber tool. We add this in as a BOT when needed, but don't see much sense in including it in a release image as a permanent feature, m8.

Regard it as a dev tool, as you've discovered, LOL!

Got your dish aligned accurately with the Ploar Axis pointing directly at Ursa Major (North Star) yet?

Cheers- AL