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maacruz	2008-10-05 , 20:30
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Originally Posted by stevecrye

Hi all;
Seriously considering reverting to flash-boot only, formatting the 8GB card for data, and just being a quiet, safe user while I wait for Chrome or Firefox or something that works better than the slow, inadequate microB.
$teve

Given what happened with this SSU, I don't think that would be a bright idea.
You always want to be able to boot from mmc, because if something bad happens...but to do that you don't really need bootmenu (modified initfs)
Put the stock initfs and configure the tablet to boot from mmc ("flasher-3 --set-root-device mmc").
You can then:
Boot always from mmc, you can keep flash syncronized or not. If your system breaks or you want to boot from flash, turn off the tablet,extract the mmc card, and turn it on (it will boot from flash), and insert the mmc card later. Backups are very easy to do, keep and restore, just using tar.
Put a mmc without a linux system in it, and keep another mmc with a bootable system (a rootfs backup or debian) at hand, and keep flashable backups there. If your system breaks, you boot from that mmc card and restore the system.