[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] can flasher utility create a "software image" ?

[From: Ed Bartosh]

On Sat, 2005-12-10 at 01:52, ext Mark Krueger wrote:
> Is it possible to use the flasher utility to create a "software image"
> off of a 770? Here's the scenario:
> 
Unfortunately it's not possible. flasher can only be used for flashing devices.

> I'd like to be able to set up my Nokia 770 in a particular way for
> development testing, then take a "snapshot" of that system, and be able
> to restore it using the flasher utility.
> 
You can set up your development environment in scratchbox target, then prepare image out 
of it and flash it using flasher. I think it much faster than doing that on device.

> I'm sure you can see the advantages of this for a development/testing
> environment.
> 
I think it makes sense in some cases, but it's just matter of how your development is set up. 

> Is there documentation on the flasher utility anywhere? Is it able to do
> this? Is there some other way?
Well, if you have network connection to your Nokia 770 you can transfer files from/to the 
device using scp or NFS or some other network protocol.

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Best regards,
Ed