Why would you use the MTD command. It is not needed and is dangerous. _________________ I fix "shortcuts". If you don't have time to read thoroughly, I don't have time to re-type what you missed.
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 11:31 Post subject: Re: Safe to run MTD ERASE NVRAM on WRT610n?
motocrossmann wrote:
Is it safe to run MTD ERASE NVRAM on the WRT610N (v1 in my case)? I know it can brick some routers.
For what purpose, what is it you want to achieve?
There are commands especially for erasing nvram data so if that is your goal then use those. _________________ Kernel panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler!
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Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 19:11 Post subject:
socal87 wrote:
barryware wrote:
uncle bob wrote:
it is question not sentence, the last char is what we call "question mark"
Oh..... Question mark = Question.. got it..
Now we just need to make sense of the content of the question..
"why pin hole then better?"
The reset button (inside the pinhole!). He's asking why the 30-30-30 is "better" than erasing NVRAM manually via command line. Didn't we have this discussion with Eko not too long ago?
Thanks for the interpretation.. How many other languages do you speak? _________________ [Moderator Deleted]
it is question not sentence, the last char is what we call "question mark"
Oh..... Question mark = Question.. got it..
Now we just need to make sense of the content of the question..
"why pin hole then better?"
The reset button (inside the pinhole!). He's asking why the 30-30-30 is "better" than erasing NVRAM manually via command line. Didn't we have this discussion with Eko not too long ago?
Thanks for the interpretation.. How many other languages do you speak?
I'm quite fluent in idiot. Not that I'm particularly proud of the fact.
uncle bob wrote:
who needs ?
when i do not understand question i do not answer.
does this annoy you or what ?
The reset button (inside the pinhole!). He's asking why the 30-30-30 is "better" than erasing NVRAM manually via command line. Didn't we have this discussion with Eko not too long ago?
Well, this thread was not about using the reset button but about using the command line for erasing nvram and which type of command to use.
If your goal is to erase nvram variables then
nvram erase
nvram commit
are the correct commands and they are safe to use.
The mtd erase nvram does more than erase the nvram variables and should therefore not be used for that purpose. _________________ Kernel panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler!
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Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 1:19 Post subject:
LOM wrote:
socal87 wrote:
The reset button (inside the pinhole!). He's asking why the 30-30-30 is "better" than erasing NVRAM manually via command line. Didn't we have this discussion with Eko not too long ago?
Well, this thread was not about using the reset button but about using the command line for erasing nvram and which type of command to use.
If your goal is to erase nvram variables then
nvram erase
nvram commit
are the correct commands and they are safe to use.
The mtd erase nvram does more than erase the nvram variables and should therefore not be used for that purpose.
Hey LOM...exactly what does the mtd command do that erase alone does not?
does the erase command just remove the variable strings...where mtd removes the string and the variable clearing the partition completely?
just curious.
redhawk _________________ The only stupid question....is the unasked one.
