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Offline LazyLarry

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bootsync
« on: December 12, 2013, 01:53:25 PM »
ive been playing with scripts in bootsync and had a bug that left me stuck in a while loop. So now, when booting, i never get past bootsync. Is there anyway i can edit this file now and fix the bug? THe system doesnt boot. Ive tried putting "text" into the bootcode, without success. Ctl C doesnt exit the script.


Offline gerald_clark

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Re: bootsync
« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2013, 02:23:07 PM »
Boot with 'norestore'.  Then extract the mydata.tgz and fix the problem.  Then zip it back up.

Offline tinypoodle

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Re: bootsync
« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2013, 07:48:40 PM »
Make sure you extract to a filesystem which supports POSIX attributes & symlinks, i.e. not msdos/ntfs et al.
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Offline RandyNice

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Re: bootsync
« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2013, 03:10:04 PM »
Boot with 'norestore'.  Then extract the mydata.tgz and fix the problem.  Then zip it back up.

Tried that but it didn't work.  Any other suggestions?  Thanks.

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Re: bootsync
« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2013, 04:20:24 PM »
It has to work, and why are you speaking for LazyLarry?

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Re: bootsync
« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2013, 10:33:06 PM »
There is essentially no other method, and if you can't pinpoint the culprit directly then it is a matter of "Trial and Error".
"Software gets slower faster than hardware gets faster." Niklaus Wirth - A Plea for Lean Software (1995)