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Documentation of Debug / Tech Support Mode
Hi Everyone, I've got an NVX Pioneer running 4.2.19. I am wondering whether anyone could shed some light on logging in to the NVX via debug mode. Here's my problem: I was using root shell acces...
Thanks for your responses mdgm and sphardy.
So, when the box is in 'Debug / Tech support' mode, and says it's IP on the OLED, there is no documented way you guys are aware of that I can hop on to whatever OS is running at that particular moment and make changes to items on the filesystem? That seems pretty lame, and kind of strange. I haven't port scanned the box to see what's open debug mode, but it would be truly unfortunate if the device has this excellent built-in option for booting an OS from an alternate volume in times of trouble, with no use access. I know this is beyond the commercially intended use of this product, but that's why I'm not taking this issue to tech support. Wondering if the hobbyist community had some insights on debug mode.
I do not have a config backup that I am aware of. Now that you mention it, I had made one a long time ago, but it's well expired relative to many FrontView updates that I've done.
At this point I am dumping the entire contents of the NAS to a different volume over my local network. Once that finishes, if I don't find a way to fix this error I introduced, I'm planning on wiping on the whole thing. Seems really strange that I can't get into there with an alternate boot mechanism and make that adjustment. :(
Best,
Dmitry
So, when the box is in 'Debug / Tech support' mode, and says it's IP on the OLED, there is no documented way you guys are aware of that I can hop on to whatever OS is running at that particular moment and make changes to items on the filesystem? That seems pretty lame, and kind of strange. I haven't port scanned the box to see what's open debug mode, but it would be truly unfortunate if the device has this excellent built-in option for booting an OS from an alternate volume in times of trouble, with no use access. I know this is beyond the commercially intended use of this product, but that's why I'm not taking this issue to tech support. Wondering if the hobbyist community had some insights on debug mode.
I do not have a config backup that I am aware of. Now that you mention it, I had made one a long time ago, but it's well expired relative to many FrontView updates that I've done.
At this point I am dumping the entire contents of the NAS to a different volume over my local network. Once that finishes, if I don't find a way to fix this error I introduced, I'm planning on wiping on the whole thing. Seems really strange that I can't get into there with an alternate boot mechanism and make that adjustment. :(
Best,
Dmitry
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