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Flash ATV via command line from the creators GrogBuild FreeRange - Leading the way to simplicity

Thanks for the reply grog. Not to sure how to get this update easily on my box. If i re follow you instruction to install your free range build as i did 18 months ago... Will the problems with the player be solved on the new install??
Thanks!
 
grog68 said:
Ever done a software update and found the box won't boot?

Ever turn your box on and found it only boots up so far?

Every tried to flash online to flash online and found that your build is so old you don't have the option to flash the latest version of ATV via the Flash Online system?

Ever wanted to flash your box but have not got another spare USB stick?

Well I've now got a simple solution for you. It will find the latest nightly build of the current stable ATV and then flash your box. All you need is :

your existing USB/HDD mounted on /media/hdd, this should be the case for recordings etc, you do not need any additional usb stick formatted fat32

you need to be able to connect to your box via putty (or any other shell terminal program) or the openwebif terminal.

This tool does NOT backup your settings so make sure you do (if you can) before using.

SSH to your box using a terminal program such as putty, or using the terminal option of openWebIf in your browser and log in using the username root

Now paste all the code below into the terminal window. (right click on the terminal window to paste)

Code: 
 wget --no-check-certificate -O installatv.sh https://www.dropbox.com/s/nqbo698rxconave/installatv.sh?dl=1 && bash installatv.sh

after a few seconds you will be asked to enter the box hostname, if you've never changed the hostname of your box then just accept the default by pressing enter key, if you are paranoid and have changed the hostname in the past then you need to enter the original hostname for your box, ie zgemmah52tc and then press the enter key.

Now you are prompted which partition you want flashed, this is for boxes with multiboot, if you don't use multiboot or your box doesn't have multiboot facilities just hit the enter key, if you are using multiboot enter the partition number and then press enter key. (Thanks to @Willo3092 for suggesting and testing Multiboot flashing)

The latest stable nightly build will then be downloaded to /media/hdd and your box flashed.

I am sure this will be copied, made into a plugin of some kind or added to another build but remember you saw it here first :)
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Hi grog68,

I want to give Grogbuild a try and I have this link to the instructions:

GrogBuild - Grogbuild FreeRange for all enigma2 boxes

..but one thing I read is:

Assuming that you have your USB/HDD connected to the box (used for recordings etc) then you can use this method.

..So do you know if this means I MUST keep my HDD connected (the one with lots of recordings already saved on it)? Or am I safer not to have it connected at the time, to avoid any risk of losing any recordings / files? If I have to keep it connected and there is no risk of losing any recordings, that's ok.

Also do I need to delete all / any of the files I have on my zGemma h2s box that relate to the iPab OpenATV image I have on it at the moment, or will following those instructions just delete all existing files / overwrite all of that data for me?

Finally I can use webif for this. I am running openATV 6.1 at the moment using an iPab image. Will following your instructions simply keep the box as OpenATV 6.1 as the underlying system, while adding Grogbuild? And is the code / command I need to enter the string of text that I can see when clicking on "Spoiler, code to copy install build"?
(which shows this):

wget -O ~/fla.sh http://flashmybox4.me && bash fla.sh

Thanks,

Paul

Thanks,

Paul
 
Keeping your existing usb with the recordings on should be fine, it is just to store the downloaded files and atv image file, as long as it has about 500mb or so free space it;s fine. the grogbuild setup script does not delete anything.

Saying that if you would rather initialise another usb stick just for doing this then that will work as well, I always keep my existing usb hdd connected.


Edit: I've just read you are using ipab with atv 6.1, I'm sure I remember some had issues when moving from ipab so you may have to flash a bare atv first before installing grogbuild
 
grog68 said:
Keeping your existing usb with the recordings on should be fine, it is just to store the downloaded files and atv image file, as long as it has about 500mb or so free space it;s fine. the grogbuild setup script does not delete anything.

Saying that if you would rather initialise another usb stick just for doing this then that will work as well, I always keep my existing usb hdd connected.


Edit: I've just read you are using ipab with atv 6.1, I'm sure I remember some had issues when moving from ipab so you may have to flash a bare atv first before installing grogbuild
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Thanks for the info, that sounds good. But how do I flash a bare atv first? I have only previously flashed the zGemma h2s box by loading an image onto it (like the iPad / OpenATV one that I flashed on to it again earlier today). I think I only have that and a Wooshbuild image (not a fan of Wooshbuild). Both of those were from old service providers I am no longer in touch with. Do you have any links you can send me to do this please - or any website where I should be able to earch for a basic OpenATV image?

Edit - Just to add, please can you confirm: Is the code / command I need to enter the string of text that I can see when clicking on "Spoiler, code to copy install build" that you posted here on 13th June 2018?...

GrogBuild - Grogbuild FreeRange for all enigma2 boxes
(which shows this):

wget -O ~/fla.sh http://flashmybox4.me && bash fla.sh
 
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Paul A said:
Thanks for the info, that sounds good. But how do I flash a bare atv first? I have only previously flashed the zGemma h2s box by loading an image onto it (like the iPad / OpenATV one that I flashed on to it again earlier today). I think I only have that and a Wooshbuild image (not a fan of Wooshbuild). Both of those were from old service providers I am no longer in touch with. Do you have any links you can send me to do this please - or any website where I should be able to earch for a basic OpenATV image?
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The newest openatv image for H2s is here
openATV Nightly Downloads
 
pabloescaban said:
The newest openatv image for H2s is here
openATV Nightly Downloads
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Thanks Pablo. Probably a very stupid question but that link takes me to a webpage with 2 downloads shown next to each other:

openatv-6.4-zgemmah2s-20200906_usb.zip and openatv-6.4-zgemmah2s-20200908_usb.zip

(Without clicking on them, they appear to be the same thing, other than the date)

I guess you would suggest I use the most recent one dated 8th Sep?
 
You can use either, there's only a few days between them.
I don't know why they release a new image every 24h, the changes can only be extremely minor
 
pabloescaban said:
I don't know why they release a new image every 24h, the changes can only be extremely minor
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..... but the consequences of upgrading every day can be catastrophic if there's been a cockup and you don't know what you're doing :sob:
Far better waiting and updating on a monthly basis imho. (particularly if your box is working okay anyway).
 
Thanks Willo and Pablo. So just to be sure I have got this right: Do you agree it makes sense if I do these 2 steps in this order:
1) Download and flash my box with the latest (bare) OpenATV image mentioned above - openatv-6.4-zgemmah2s-20200908_usb.zip
2) Use the Exras > Terminal section within OpenWebif to install the Grogbuild image following the instructions shown here:
GrogBuild - Grogbuild FreeRange for all enigma2 boxes
 
pabloescaban said:
I usually just reflash every 4 months.
Balls to all that daily updates rubbish
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I do update quite regular but always just do a full backup before hand just incase things screw up. But so far no problems on zgemma h9 combo, h2s was different it could have memory problems and would warn against updating if there were to many updates.
 
Willo / Pablo - Sorry to bother you again but please can you just confirm that what I said above at 7:40 is right? I just don't want to screw it all up again when I get around to doing this! I am just hoping that the Grogbuild image will either come with the main free to air channels in the right order in the EPG (without them being HD versions) and hoping it's got a look thats something like iPab on OpenATV! Thanks, Paul
 
Paul A said:
Willo / Pablo - Sorry to bother you again but please can you just confirm that what I said above at 7:40 is right? I just don't want to screw it all up again when I get around to doing this! I am just hoping that the Grogbuild image will either come with the main free to air channels in the right order in the EPG (without them being HD versions) and hoping it's got a look thats something like iPab on OpenATV! Thanks, Paul
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Yes, @Willo3092 clicked like on your post to signify you had the correct info and procedure
 
Paul A said:
Willo / Pablo - Sorry to bother you again but please can you just confirm that what I said above at 7:40 is right? I just don't want to screw it all up again when I get around to doing this! I am just hoping that the Grogbuild image will either come with the main free to air channels in the right order in the EPG (without them being HD versions) and hoping it's got a look thats something like iPab on OpenATV! Thanks, Paul
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Yes, what you said at 7:40 is what you need to do, the grogbuild setup script asks you to select fta region and will do scan when first boots up.
 
on my HD51:


No matching partition names are found. Use current kernel and rootfs devices
Using current multiboot partition 1
Using /dev/mmcblk0p2 as kernel device
Using /dev/mmcblk0p3 as rootfs device
Error: Cannot flash kernel, because no kernel file was found

How can i solve it?

Thanks
 
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