Installing E2 usb images

1st method  


Once multiboot has been installed installed you can continue to install Enigma2 on USB Drive.

Download the Enigma2 image you want to install. It should be called  imagename-version.tar.gz.

Boot to your DGS based image and start a telnet session with it.

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1: Insert your USB drive and format it as follows in your telnet session. Execute the commands one at a time.

umount /dev/sda1
mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda1
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb/usb0

2: Use your favourite FTP program to tansfer the downloaded image file to your usb drive, which should be mounted at /mnt/usb/usb0 at this stage.

3: Extract the image to the pen drive.....

cd /mnt/usb/usb0
tar xzvf imagename-version.tar.gz

4.When extraction is finished
sync

When this completes, you should be able to reboot and boot into Enigma2 by pressing and holding the corresponding button on your remote while the LCD display reads 'Booting'.

Method 2

Enigma 2 usb stick for beginners

First you need to have multiboot installed, flash image working and an usb flash drive attached to the box
You need a ftp program like DCC (dreambox control center) or putty to have ftp and telnet options
and connect it with your receiver
Make the following commands one at a time

fdisk /dev/sda
p
n
p
1
"enter"
"enter"
w
mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda1 -L ext2
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb

through ftp copy the imagename.tar.gz in mnt/usb
then in telnet  :

cd /mnt/usb
tar -vxzf imagename.tar.gz

it starts to decompress
after finish add command :
sync

Disconnect the box from power source and reconnect it and press the button wich is assigned in multiboot for E2 usb image
In 3-4 minutes you will have a working E2 image

!!!If you have HDD installed in your receiver then use in command sdb1 instead of sda1

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