Installation on pendrive, updating OE on pendrive.

[musicmaya]

hi, hello....

i have installed a OE2 beta version on pendrive in my brothers machine and he stays away from me....he is complete noobe in computers.

is it possible to update the pendrive with OE, if he send's the pendrive alone to me.......as he cannot send his entire machine..

in simple words to explain, will it be possible to update pendrive with OE on a different machine with Linux installed..

automatic update is disabled in settings

hope i have put my question the right way

thanx

[Top_Gun]

hi, hello....

i have installed a OE2 beta version on pendrive in my brothers machine and he stays away from me....he is complete noobe in computers.

is it possible to update the pendrive with OE, if he send's the pendrive alone to me.......as he cannot send his entire machine..

in simple words to explain, will it be possible to update pendrive with OE on a different machine with Linux installed..

automatic update is disabled in settings

hope i have put my question the right way

thanx

Hello,

technically, yes, but it is not advisable.

The second partition on the stick is the /storage-folder from his OE-installation. Just plug the stick in your pc, mount /sdc2 (or whichever is the partition) into your linux desktop. In standard installations, it will show up as /media/storage or /media/sdc2. There is a hidden folder .update inside. All you need to do is open the .bz2-file, find the folder target inside, and copy the four files into the .update-folder. On the next boot, OE will update the system.

Best regards,

Detlev

[ultraman]

Why not just copying 4 files into update folder on running system and reboot?

[musicmaya]

Hello,

technically, yes, but it is not advisable.

The second partition on the stick is the /storage-folder from his OE-installation. Just plug the stick in your pc, mount /sdc2 (or whichever is the partition) into your linux desktop. In standard installations, it will show up as /media/storage or /media/sdc2. There is a hidden folder .update inside. All you need to do is open the .bz2-file, find the folder target inside, and copy the four files into the .update-folder. On the next boot, OE will update the system.

Best regards,

Detlev

when i mount the stick on a linux system, i have system and storage partitions. i dont see any hidden partitions.....or may be am doing something wrong.

can you explain the process in more detail...

appreciate your help

thanks

[musicmaya]

Why not just copying 4 files into update folder on running system and reboot?

@ultraman

well i am not accessible to his physical system.....

he sent me the pen-drive to be updated....hence all this exercise

any idea's

thanx

[Top_Gun]

On your PC:

1.) mount the stick, take note of the mount point for /storage, probably /media/storage or /media/sdc2 .
2.) Unpack the .tar.bz-file into the documents-folder of your machine. You may choose just to unpack the content of the "target"-folder, there are four files, SYSTEM, SYSTEM.md5, KERNEL, KERNEL.md5
3.) Open a terminal and cd into the folder where you unpacked the four files, probably "cd documents" or "cd documents/target"
4.) cp KERNEL* /media/storage/.update/
5.) cp SYSTEM* /media/storage/.update/
you should see four copies files.
6.) ls /media/storage/.update/ to make sure the four files landed in the correct folder.
7.) Unmount stick ;-)

If your hardware is similar, you may boot the stick on your pc, the updateprocess is automatic and will end with an automatic reboot after installation.