Want more Storage? New bugfixed version 2.1 rc2!
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Hm - some of the tools were accidentally linked to use the DLL version of the MS runtime. I guess not everyone has the needed DLL on his/her machine, so I made a new, statically linked version. If you can't run some of the tools, try downloading the RC 2 from the first post.
Changing the linkage was the only change (apart from incrementing the version number
), so no need to re-download if you don't have any problems.Cheers
Daniel
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hi man i think u missed a file: cecompr_nt.dll
Indeed. I just added it. Sorry for that...
Cheers
Daniel
Only if you have downloaded my first attempt. Later versions are statically linked. Just download again, please.
Cheers
Daniel
HI Daniel,
Would you recommend this as a tool that even a novice could use or should we wait until it is integrated in the next release of baked goods ?
You downloaded the version in which I forgot to include cecompr_nt.dll. Just re-download the tools.
MyDraadloos said:
I think the tools themselves are fairly save, and if you read my ReadMe.txt there's not much chance for desaster. However, the tools offer no support for the actual editing of the ROM - and that is still a bit tricky, especially when you want to make changes to initflashfiles.dat and the registry. Der ROM Koch is much more comfortable to use for this.
But if you're happy with one of the existing ROMs and just want to get a bit more Storage, then yes, even a novice should have little problems running a ROM through the complete chain as described in the ReadMe.txt. This alone will get you around 8 MByte more Storage.
Dihon said:
No, ExtROM files are not in IMGFS format, so these tools do not work on them.
Cheers
Daniel
WM6 includes a "Windows Update" function, where you can download and install Windows patches directly to your device. Obviously, this function requires some free space in the IMGFS partition of the ROM. With the Imgfs tools, however, there is no longer any such free space (as it's all gone to Storage ), so Windows Update will not work on such ROMs.
The tools set the FreeSectorCount to 0, so I am fairly confident that if you try to run Windows Update, and if MS ever offers such updates, the process will not destroy your ROM, but fail gracefully. So nothing to worry about.
Cheers
Daniel
), so Windows Update will not work on such ROMs.The tools set the FreeSectorCount to 0, so I am fairly confident that if you try to run Windows Update, and if MS ever offers such updates, the process will not destroy your ROM, but fail gracefully. So nothing to worry about.
Cheers
Daniel
WM6 includes a "Windows Update" function, where you can download and install Windows patches directly to your device. Obviously, this function requires some free space in the IMGFS partition of the ROM. With the Imgfs tools, however, there is no longer any such free space (as it's all gone to Storage
The tools set the FreeSectorCount to 0, so I am fairly confident that if you try to run Windows Update, and if MS ever offers such updates, the process will not destroy your ROM, but fail gracefully. So nothing to worry about.
Cheers
Daniel
Tadzio, kudos to you, excellent tool man, saved 10mb from my upcoming release of WM Black 1.2. great stuff
compliments will be paid to your work when i release it.
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Damn! 20% more free storage on my personal WM6 build after running your tools!
Kudos to you Tadzio!
I'm not sure we will have an issue with Windows Update btw. How could they ever change the ROM image without a Flash? I'd bet that Windows Update based updates will work just like installing an add-on cab.
Thoughts:
Could you roll up this into 2 programs?
(DumpNB) os.nb -> dump directory
(BuildNB) Dump directory -> os.nb
Both programs overwrite everything by default
It's a bit of an involved process currently and when I'm cooking I like to take small steps then flash to see results.
I suppose I could simply write a shell that does this too but its a bit error prone to monitor the output of scripts....
Kudos to you Tadzio!
I'm not sure we will have an issue with Windows Update btw. How could they ever change the ROM image without a Flash? I'd bet that Windows Update based updates will work just like installing an add-on cab.
Thoughts:
Could you roll up this into 2 programs?
(DumpNB) os.nb -> dump directory
- Combines NBSplit thru ImgfsToDump
- All intermediate filenames are based on original os.nb name
- Output dump directory is <os.nb>_dump
(BuildNB) Dump directory -> os.nb
- Combiines ImgfsFromDump thru NBMerge
- All intermediate filenames based on os.nb portion of <os.nb>_dump dir entered as parameter 1.
- Output os.nb is called new_<os.nb>
Both programs overwrite everything by default
It's a bit of an involved process currently and when I'm cooking I like to take small steps then flash to see results.
I suppose I could simply write a shell that does this too but its a bit error prone to monitor the output of scripts....
Thanks for the flowers, as a German would say.
Regarding your thoughts - NBSplit and NBMerge are device specific, I would prefer to keep them separate. As for the rest - you do have a point.
For the time being I suggest you do write a batch file. You don't have to monitor its output, as all my tools return errorcodes. All you need to do is a
Code:
if errorlevel 1 goto SomethingBadHappenedBut I'll see what I can do with a combined tool.
Cheers
Daniel
Using these tools is indeed an involved process, so I just wrote two little batch files which do almost exactly what you asked for (except that NBBuild uses the given parameter directly as output file name without a "new_" prefix, and instead renames the existing .nb to .nb.old). You can find them attached to the first post of this thread.
Cheers
Daniel
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Thank you tadzio for your utils.
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