'der hermes rom koch' v0.1, probably the easiest way to cook - 8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin

thanks to pof and olipro for betatesting
this is probably the easiest way to cook your hermes rom.
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-it supports several ways of adding files to the rom: drag and drop or browsing
-easy removal of files in the rom
-easy way of editing the volumelayout (initflashfiles.dat)
-easy compiling
-easy dumping
-a console that shows you whats going on
-registry editing ( not yet fully functional, leave your fingeres off that )
well everything is easy
i'm sorry for this crappy presentation, it's late now and i'll have to go to the hospital tomorrow and i'll be off for a few days.. feel free to ask pof/olipro if you got some questions
a quick introduction on how to add your own theme (.tsk) file to a rom:
1.) download it and extract
2.) install the java runtime (required for achefs script, i inted to port his script to c or c# but that might take a while) , the run time can be found in "install me first"
3.) start the executable
4.) you will notice that all buttons except "select source rom" are grayed out.. push "select source rom" and browse into 'ROMS\' select the 'Clean-WM6-OS.nb' rom there
5.) now "dump rom" and "compile rom" became available... we don't need to dump the rom for this purpose (do this if you want to edit the initflashfiles or if you want to remove files from the rom) at this stage don't push anything
now comes the fun part
6.) simply drag and drop the tskfile(s) of your choice into the "files to be added" listbox
7.) now give your romfile a name using the outputrom editbox
8.) you're done, click "compile rom" and lean back.
yes, rom cooking was never that easy and enjoyable
last warning, use this at your own risk. this is beta software. i'm not responsible if your device gets damaged during any of this nor is your provider or xda-developers.
edit: ai ai ai, i cant believe i've actually packaged the "branded sheep".. sorry guys... it's fixed now contains the real vanilla rom
besides that you can now download the thing without any rom at all...
download: http://rapidshare.com/files/18812655/_romkoch_full.rar.html (with wm6.0 vanilla rom)
download: http://rapidshare.com/files/18811961/_romkoch_light.rar.html ( without wm6.0 vanilla rom )
installation notes: v0.1 has a small bug that prevents you from having foldernames with spaces so for this first release install to c:\xda-dev\kitchen or something like that.. make sure there are no spaces

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well done, thanks for the kitchen!

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WOW! This has been a big week for the hermes. Thanks dutty for a great and easy way to use a lot of great tools. Thanks for the help and the next step forward!

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WOW! That's fantastic!

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I'm sorry for asking, but, can *someone* who is good at cooking please provide a tutorial on how to add a program from a .cab file? I have the tools to open the cab file, but, what do I do with the pieces?

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Sorry, one final question. The 'clean' WM6 rom.. Is it the vanilla rom? or K's rom? or...?

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I'm pretty sure the clean one is vanilla.

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LegolasTheElf said:
Sorry, one final question. The 'clean' WM6 rom.. Is it the vanilla rom? or K's rom? or...?
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seems to be kyphur's rom. I just used the tool to flash a slightly modified rom and it shows xda-live on today screen.

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Holy crap, this is gonna take all the technical know-how out of it. On one hand, that's great for people like me because we can start cooking ROMs without knowing what we're doing. On the other hand, that really sucks for people like me because we can start cooking ROMs without knowing what we're doing.
But THANK YOU! Now I can get started and fill in a lot of the gaps later (though I'm not sure whether that's a good thing or not).
And Vista compatible, I see? Very nice!

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richy240 said:
Holy crap, this is gonna take all the technical know-how out of it. On one hand, that's great for people like me because we can start cooking ROMs without knowing what we're doing. On the other hand, that really sucks for people like me because we can start cooking ROMs without knowing what we're doing.
But THANK YOU! Now I can get started and fill in a lot of the gaps later (though I'm not sure whether that's a good thing or not).
And Vista compatible, I see? Very nice!
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thanks.. dont be afraid there is really not much you can do wrong that will brick your device.. just watch out that your rom isnt getting too big..
in the next version i'll implement checks that prevent the creation of a rom thats too big, then theres no danger at all

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LegolasTheElf said:
how to add a program from a .cab file?
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open the cab with wince cab manager, extract files and drag&drop them to the kitchen, edit initflashfiles.dat to tell the specific location of the files on imgfs, if the cab also contains registry settings add them to default.hv (or user.hv if the settings are on HLMU), that should be enough for most of the apps

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Thanks Dutty !
WIll test this right away be flashing my Extra Device.

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dutty.... you are the man!!!!

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I keep getting an error when I try to dump the ROM. Please see attached TXT file.

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richy240 said:
I keep getting an error when I try to dump the ROM. Please see attached TXT file.
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i got it.. i will throw a fix at you in a minute

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dutty said:
interesting.. which .netframe work do you have installed? which rom did you cook? can you check the console? what was the last command it tried to execute before it crashed?
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I've got .NET 1.1 and 2.0 installed. (Does that seem strange to anyone? Wouldn't one upgrade the other?) It happens on any ROM I try. The last line in the console says, "---->Done Executing: Tools\viewimgfs.exe"

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dutty said:
i got it.. i will throw a fix at you in a minute
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F'in sweet.

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richy240 said:
I've got .NET 1.1 and 2.0 installed. (Does that seem strange to anyone? Wouldn't one upgrade the other?) It happens on any ROM I try. The last line in the console says, "---->Done Executing: Tools\viewimgfs.exe"
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both 1.1 and 2.0 operate independentily to one another....

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Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Documents and Settings\leroy\Desktop\ROM\Koch\_hermeskochv01\dump'.
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could not find a part of the path?? sounds like a subfolder is missing.. hmm, maybe the path is to long, try to shorten it -
edit: yep, i will fix this properly.. for now please make sure the path name has no spaces and is short i.e. C:\xda-dev\romkitchen
removed the hotfix, it's not necessary.

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dutty said:
but the errormessage your .net stack generated is weird
could not find a part of the path?? sounds like a subfolder is missing.. hmm, maybe the path is to long, try to shorten it
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Bingo. I moved the directory to D:\ and it works.