Re: How to save the original zImage and ramdisk.gz of an Intel NAS SS4000-E.

[hans@lambermont.dyndns.org (H)]

JF Straeten wrote on 20101213:
> On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 08:16:26PM +0100, H wrote:
>> Uploading a new zImage and ramdisk.gz with 'fis load' will erase the
>> existing entries. Is there a way to save these first somewhere ?
> 
> I think yes.
> 
> Do the install without flashing your nas before (it's possible to load
> d-i in ram by tftp/http/{z,y}modem, without any flashing).
> 
> Then, somewhere near the end of the install, before running
> flash-kernel,
...

Thanks, this looks like an interesting alternative approach, though a
bit scarier to me as I'm not familiar with the procedure (not sure where
exactly to interrupt the script and such.)
I'll try the hexdump approach first.

-- Hans Lambermont