Audrey - make CF image in the Audrey from a share

Under "USE your image library", this worked...
http://audrey.wikia.com/wiki/Archiving_CF_Images#USE_your_Image_Library

Making Multiple CF Images

Why?

Now that you can make a CF image and have a good backup ROM, it's time to experiment and tweak your Audrey to your liking. How about a slimmed down version with all extraneous programs deleted, how about a dedicated web browser version, how about a mp3 player to hook up to your stereo? The possibilities abound.

Except, once you get a version you like, what happens if you need to use the Audrey for other things? Here's an idea for how create a library of various Audrey ROM images on your hard disk for future reference: as incremental backups or as a quiver of pre-made Audrey ROM configurations to swap in as the occasion demands...

This is a bit cumbersome, but if you have to have multiple images this could be handy assuming you:

• Keep a "Master CF" that will always boot on the Audrey w/ fs-cifs installed and working networking w/ the USB Ethernet adapter.
• Have a second CF that you can use as the carrier for the new image after you resore off of the "Master CF".
• Don't mind using your hard drive as a repository/library for all those 16,384 KB CF images.

Making your Image Library

1. Create a folder/directory on your Desktop and make it available for file sharing (in Windows, right click on the folder and select "Properties". In the window that comes up, find the "Sharing" tab and activate sharing for this directory. Make sure you give it a share name, let's call it "AudreyShare" in this example. Don't assign any passwords and select full access.

   Note: If you decide to activate ANY file sharing under Windows, make sure you have some sort of firewall protection or else you are open to anyone on the internet if you are on a broadband connection!

2. Mount a shared directory off your desktop onto the audrey, I'm currently using #:fs-cifs:

   fs-cifs -a //Desktop_Name:192.168.###.###:/AudreyShare /mnt guest guest

3. Copy the filesystem to the shared directory:

   cat /dev/fs0p0 /dev/fs0p1 > /mnt/image_9-14-01

4. Your flashable image should be on your desktop's Hard Drive now. Do it some more as you want to create more images at a later time:

   cat /dev/fs0p0 /dev/fs0p1 > /mnt/image_9-25-01

   cat /dev/fs0p0 /dev/fs0p1 > /mnt/image_xterm

   cat /dev/fs0p0 /dev/fs0p1 > /mnt/image_mp3

   ...

   etc...you get the picture.

USE your Image Library

1. At a later time, when you want/need to restore one of these images (assuming your Audrey still works, if not boot off that "Master Backup CF" to re-create a working Audrey), you insert your target CF and type:

   devb-cf

   fs-cifs -a //Desktop_Name:192.168.###.###:/Share_Dir /mnt guest guest

   cat /mnt/image1 > /dev/cf

2. Then boot your new CF.

MAKE SURE YOU REMOVE THE CF IMAGE FROM THE SLOT BEFORE UNPLUGGING YOUR AUDREY. NOT DOING SO WILL CORRUPT YOUR IMAGE.