How Do I Get Caps In Sterm?

[Borat]

How do I get capital letters in STERM. I'm trying this:

4. Open a terminal on your gp2x and run:
dd if=/mnt/sd/cramfs-0.0.4.dump of=/dev/mtdblock/4 bs=1M
sync

but have accidentally hit return twice... once before typing "bs=" and 2nd time after "bs=1"

Hope nothing is messed. I need the capital M.

EDIT: found it.... VOL UP + A

EDIT(2): Oddbot, you might want to clarify the above point a little. For some time I tried typing it as a continuous line. I even checked the MANual for dd and saw the only sync option was conv=sync. I tried that and it showed no error. Only then did it dawn on me that 'sync' was a new command. Maybe you could add root@sterm $: or whatever.

Just a suggestion for slow learners like me

 

[rokdcasbah]

why not just use the serial link console over usb?
also the cramfs dump comes with a script which works perfectly.

 

[Borat]

Isn't the driver / software only available for Win XP? I use Linux.

 

[rokdcasbah]

i think that in linux you should be able to use minicom to read /dev/ttyACM0, without installing any drivers. but i'm just reading that from the file archive comments, i haven't tested it out yet as i screwed up my slackware install and only now got it working again.

 

[Borat]

Is that through the standard usb cable or does it require another cable?

 

[Nickmon]

why not just use the serial link console over usb?
also the cramfs dump comes with a script which works perfectly.

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What do you need to do to get started with the serial link over usb?

Thanks

 

[rokdcasbah]

borat - i'm referring to the usb serial app by gfoot, so no you don't need anything except the usb cable.

nickmon - you need this: http://www.gp2x.de/cgi-bin/cfiles.cgi?0,0,0,0,8,1191

also, if you use theoddbot's alternate 1.4 firmware, your gp2x will output a shell via usb as soon as it boots the kernel (works the same as gfoot's script but you don't need to download/run it as it is built into the kernel)

hope you guys get it working as it makes a lot of things much easier.