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Restoring ix2-200 firmware

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  1. usb stick (1GB - /dev/sdb) needs to be formatted as fat32 type c
fdisk /dev/sdb
  • press p to print and check if there's any existing partition
  • press d to remove any existing partitions
  • otherwise just hit c to create new parition
  • select p to set new partition as primary
  • enter to accept default
  • another enter to accept default
  • t to set the type
  • c to set fat32
  • w to write and save the config
  1. after formatting the stick, don't forget to run mkfs.vfat
mkfs.vfat /dev/sdb1/
  1. just run the script as root user
chmod 700 mkix2fw2usb.sh
./mkix2fw2usb.sh
  1. make sure all the folders and the files need to be owned by root user and group
chown -R root:root /usb_mounted_path/emctools/
ls -l /usb_mounted_path/emctools/
ls -l /usb_mounted_path/emctools/ix2-200_images/
  1. using ix2-200d_images directory doesn't work and had to change the path to ix2-200_images

Ref #1 http://iomega.nas-central.org/wiki/Category:Ix2-200-usb-init

Ref #1.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20190401094139/iomega.nas-central.org/wiki/Category:Ix2-200-usb-init

Ref #2 https://www.technopat.net/sosyal/konu/upgrading-iomega-ix2-200-to-cloud-edition.2651/

Ref #3 http://download.lenovo.com/lenovoemc/na/en/app/answers/detail/a_id/26789.html