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    Nah - this one was one of the last 7025+'s - although ive had a bit of a breakthrough, just. After i got the black screen i reflashed again with the gemini4.7 image. Once id done this i ran barry allen and it failed on something to do with USB drivers in the kernel. But, no message about the second stage (looks like it took) and it looks like it is as i though - some sort of firmware upgrade aside from the regular image. i plugged in a usb stick which is thought about for a while then came up with it. I ran barry allen again which then tried to format the stick but then couldnt. Essentially it didnt then come up with the USB error, a step closer....

    I took the stick out and then ran it again and then it ran, but installed to the hard disc. No great shake but id rather have it on the CF card then its on itso own separate area should anything happen to the hard disc. So, its now on but on the hard disc....so im going to reflash, disconnect the hd and then see if it forces itself to the CF card... im almost there, also with the (what i think its the latest version of Barry....)

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    @ comfysofa if you need i can get the second stage .ipk for version 83 directly from the DMM repository for you. see if that one works ?.
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    Thanks - ive got 83 and as i posted before - i think its on and working - just reflashing at the moment......anyway....more to the point - what is the second stage, what does it do and why, is it so hard to flash....

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    have i got the latest version of barry allen? (5.0.16) - if someones got a newer one can they tell me where it is....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Comfysofa View Post
    Thanks - ive got 83 and as i posted before - i think its on and working - just reflashing at the moment......anyway....more to the point - what is the second stage, what does it do and why, is it so hard to flash....
    it is i believe like the bios of a pc. it boots first before the image even. not that ive ever had need to mess about with it on my DM7020 and DM600
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    Im there!! that only took 12 hours or so....

    So - ill try to explain as much as i can just in case anyone stumbles across this....

    1. Reflash with Gemini 4.70 (my preference)
    2. Get hold of "dreambox-secondstage_83-r0a_dm7025.ipk"
    3. Telnet in to box and then type "cd /"
    4 Then "ipkg install /tmp/dream*.ipkg", if its worked you should get something like this....

    dm7025 login: root
    root@dm7025:~# cd /
    root@dm7025:/# ipkg install /tmp/dreambox-secondstage_83-r0a_dm7025.ipk
    Installing dreambox-secondstage (83-r0a) to root...
    Configuring dreambox-secondstage
    *** raw flash write tool. Don't have bad sectors or it won't work.
    *** uncompressing... ok!
    *** FLASH_GEOM: 02000000 00004000 00000200 00000010 00000005
    *** CRC check ignored!
    *** stage 0: ..00000000 | 00000008..00000014 (12 bytes)
    *** stage 1: ..00040000 | 00000018..00021018 (135168 bytes)
    *** stage 2: ..00000000 | 0002101c..0002101c (0 bytes)
    *** stage 3: ..00000000 | 00021020..00021020 (0 bytes)
    *** bad block list: none
    *** writing.. ok!
    *** done!

    5. Restart box and if it went the way mine did youll get a blank DB display and no video. Reflash again and then it should start.
    6. go through the startup wizard and then enable all usb modules, i briefly plugged in a usb stick which it then found.
    7. Then to get barry allen on the medium i wanted - in my case a CF card i then powered off and only plugged in the CF card (removing the HD and USB stick)
    8. Ran barry allen the same way as the second stage, and then, it found the CF card, formatted and installed.

    Hope this helps anyone who finds it.....

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    This leads me to another question, which was an earlier post.....now ive got it running ive noticed that my image once running is that ive never been able to get the Terrestrial tuner working properly. In the tuner config i have a basic setting of europe, africa, some other euro country - DVB-T. Whereas i used to have an image once that let me specifiy a specific UK tranmitter....

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    be aware however that if you mess up while flashing a second stage boot loader it can permanently kill the box.
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