[Gb-ccb] Backup of the CCB microdrive

[John Ford]

> Hi John,
>
> On Thu, 13 Oct 2005, John Ford wrote:
>> We can also boot it to CDROM and copy it off with it mounted
>> read-only.  This is a good way to do it when the top is not off!
>
> Granted that this is probably a more convenient way to do a backup,
> since you wouldn't have to remove the GPIO board to get at the
> microdrive.  However I'm curious about how you would hook up a CDROM
> drive without taking the top off the CCB? Maybe if we could find a way
> to get access to the BIOS screen over the console port, then we might
> be able to do a network boot, but otherwise wouldn't you need access
>yes, I forgot that the connector is inside!
Maybe we could netowrk boot it?

 to the USB connector, inside the box?
y>
>> We'll go through the following procedure next week and try it out.
>
> Thanks. Feel free to do it by booting from CDROM if that's more
> convenient.
>
> Martin
>