![]() Wait for the LCD to display **stop** and an IP address.Boot your dreambox while pressing the front button.Once the NFI file is downloaded on your PC : Links are within the Blue Rectangle text, starting with “ 05 September 2011 – Improved flash error correction” Then you know for sure your second stage boot loader version How to install a second stage boot loader ?ĭownload the right second stage boot loader NFI file from (be sure to select the right file, depending on your dream box model) OpenEmbedded Linux dm800 openpli 2.1 dm800 dm800 login: opkg list | grep secondstageĭreambox-secondstage - 84-r0 - Dreambox second stage bootloaderĭreambox-secondstage-dev - 84-r0 - Dreambox second stage bootloader ![]() Telnet to your dreambox (username is root, default password is dreambox – unless you changed it) and issue the following commands : Sebastiens-MacBook-Pro:~ sst$ telnet 192.168.0.96Įscape character is '^]'. How to check which second stage boot loader is installer ? This piece of software might be a full blown OS or a “second stage boot loader” which will allow you to select which OS to boot or to perform additional kernel tuning.At the time of this writing, latest Second Stage Boot Loader for Dreambox family is SSL 84 (and hacked version 84a and 84b have been created for Dreambox clones) This boot loader usually executes some low level hardware sanity checks then look for a piece of software at a designated place, such as sector 0 of your primary hard drive or sector zero of your flash memory disk. First an initial boot loader is executed from internal memory at startup time. ![]() Without going into all the glory details, you have to know that most computers (yes your Dreambox is a computer) use a two stages boot system. This is because Dream Multimedia GmBH released a new Second Stage Boot Loader and new firmware are relying on it for their boot sequence. You might have notice issues when upgrading to recent Dreambox firmware since last September.
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