Backup Shield 1.0 Firmware

Hello,

I'm able to login to the Shield using WINSCP.

I'm looking to backup the v1.0 firmware before I upgrade to the community builds.

I'm wondering if I just need to copy the directories in /root/


ian

Hi

I would mount the overlay folder and backup all files,  the new update sp1.51 has different version of this files which will cause problems if you decided to revert back.

not sure if version 1 had the same naming convention as sp 1.51

sp1.51 files

octboot2.bin
u-boot-octeon_rhino_itus7x.bin
itusxxxiamge


roadrunner42

Hi roadrunner42,

Thanks for your message.

Is there a way to backup the shield if i decided to revert back?

yes you can backup the shield

if you mount the folder overlay this will show you some files, just copy all of them off the shield. I have been using sp1.51 in beta and when released, and an very happy with it, they are a few hotfixes that you would what to install as these overcome some of the problems since Itus stopped trading.

One of the major problems with upgrading is that people don't let the shield fully upgrade before tiring to use, once you start the upgrade process go and have a tea and wait at least 10 minutes


Hans has done a load of work so people can upgrade from rc to sp1.51, here is what he posted

 This post was updated on Feb 24, 2016; 8:55pm.
Guys,

i've updated the upgrade script to use a dropbox as file storage.

################################################################################################
# Purpose    Updates the factory restore image to the latest version (1.51 SP1)                #
# File name  Upgrade_RC_to_151SP1                                                              #
#                                                                                              #
# VERSION NUMBER 3 - Last Modified date 16th Feb 2016 by Hans                                  #
#                                                                                              #
# Hans       V3 - Changes to the update() function - now updates all images                    #
# Hans       V2 - Updated version using a dropbox account to source the restore image          #
# ITUS       V1 - Original version (Nov 2015) using an ITUS file server                        #
#                                                                                              #
#                                                                                              #
#                                                                                              #
# When changing the script please update WHAT YOU CHANGED OR ADDED, ADD 1 TO THE VERSION       #
# NUMBER AND DATE CHANGED.                                                                     #
# This will make it easier to time to come to identify what your you have and who did what.    #
################################################################################################


Upgrade script: Upgrade_RC_to_SP1.txt
Restore image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xes9mhm6ylkmdkz/ItusrestoreImage?dl=1
MD5SUM        : https://www.dropbox.com/s/gittxfbuscg838m/md5sum.txt?dl=1

This is the contents of the md5sum.txt file

ItusrestoreImage df253dc31c8001337a537d59dcd5996d

 

To use it for the first time you need to

1) Connect to shield CLI via serial terminal access or SSH (see page 12 of the AdminGuide how to activate Dropbear SSH Daemon)
2) Go to the tmp folder: cd /tmp
3) Download the upgrade script: curl -o /tmp/Upgrade_RC_to_SP1.sh http://itus.accessinnov.com/file/n10/Upgrade_RC_to_SP1.txt
4) Run the upgrade script: sh /tmp/Upgrade_RC_to_SP1.sh

and let it run until the end.

Make sure to copy&paste the command line instructions without changes!

cd /tmp
curl -o /tmp/Upgrade_RC_to_SP1.sh http://itus.accessinnov.com/file/n10/Upgrade_RC_to_SP1.txt
sh /tmp/Upgrade_RC_to_SP1.sh



roadrunnere42