For some purposes (e.g. to flash a new software-image from USB to microSD) it is useful or neccessary to use the OpenVario Recovery Tool. This can be achieved by the following steps:
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Copy the desired new image as *.gz-file into the subdirectory “image” of the stick
Copy the file named “ov-recovery.itb” into the directory “openvario”
Connect the USB-stick to the OpenVario
Boot the Openvario
The recovery-menu will be displayed in red (be careful, everything on the micoSD will be erased!)
You will be prompted for the next decisions (update whole SD-card or bootloader only)
You can select the image to be written
Download files for the USB Stick
All files needed for updating the OpenVario can be downloaded at the FTP-server:
ftp://ftp.openvario.org/
OpenVario Recovery Tool Main Menu
Select Update Method
Back to OV-Menu
Back to Write Image to microSD