[Ovmsdev] Moving to a production cycle

[Greg D.]

Ha, good thought!  Put a text file in the root directory named
"factoryreset.txt" containing "OVMSv3" as a key, stick it in, and power
up.  Done.  Brilliant.

It probably should remove said file once the config is cleared, as a
fail-safe.  Don't want it to act as a poison pill.

Only "gotcha" is that finding things that can write to a micro SD card
is becoming harder.  No to the iPhone.  Also my latest Android, though
it does have an OTG adapter so I can get there with a USB reader.  The
ecosystem is trying to force storage to a (paid, data mine-able) cloud,
I think, using space and cost savings as a ruse.

Greg


Mark Webb-Johnson wrote:
> The other option is SD CARD.
>
> Firmware update can work that way. Put an ovms3.bin in the root of an SD card, plug it in, and it will be auto-flashed to update firmware.
>
> We could have special files on SD CARD doing certain things. Like safe boot. Factory reset. Wifi AP. etc.
>
> Can we write an SD CARD from an iPad? :-)
>
> Regards, Mark.
>
>> On 22 Feb 2018, at 2:13 PM, Greg D. <gregd2350 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Wintel not assumed.  I think of my eldest, a doctor, who uses a phone
>> and a tablet.  She has (owns) a Laptop computer, but hasn't booted it in
>> years.  There are a lot of "young'uns" in a similar situation.
>>
>> As long as there's a safe (brick-proof) way back to sanity using only
>> common tools, documentation, and the odd toothpick, we should be good.
>>
>> Greg
>>
>>
>> Mark Webb-Johnson wrote:
>>> P.S. I mean “PC” in the wider sense of the word. Not too hard to
>>> hook-up on linux, mac, or windows.
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