Re: [ARMini-support] Clarification regarding CMOS stuff
- From: David Pitt <pittdj@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: armini-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:57:14 +0000
A Rawnsley, on 21 Feb, wrote:
>
> As I mentioned in previous messages, most users should not have problems
> with loading CMOS settings after the update - we've made sure to update
> the necessary files on your SD card.
>
> However, it is worth explaining why this is necessary. 5.18 supports
> Robert Sprowston's "hardware cmos RAM" add-on, which is used in preference
> to files on your SD card. These will be available shortly (hopefully at
> the show this weekend) as a DIY upgrade that we'll be telling you about.
> These should eliminate all CMOS issues and give a CMOS experience just
> like a RiscPC.
>
> In the meantime, 5.18 allows the cmos settings to be loaded from the card,
> if the hardware-add-on is not present.
>
> This is achieved via an extra line in the "Uenv.txt" file. A recent
> "u-boot.bin" file is needed for this, but as far as we know, all ARMini
> users should have suitable versions already.
>
> For older Beagleboard users, we have uploaded "OS3 for BB.zip" to the
> Beagleboarders folder on the private site which contains the extra files.
>
> It is *just* possible that very early ARMini owners may benefit from this
> too, as the early SD cards may have had an old "u-boot.bin" on them. At
> this stage, I'm honestly not sure, and we don't have any stock of those
> (due to stock shortages, I even had to sell my on personal prototype). If
> you suspect your CMOS settings aren't loading, try that update and let us
> know.
I have to jump in here, I know you prefer to have difficulties dealt with in
private but running OS3forBB on my ARMini has left me with a totally dead
ARMini.
--
David Pitt
iMac, Lion, MessengerPro
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