[bookport] Re: Presently Unusable
- From: "ROB MEREDITH" <rmeredith@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 08:50:03 -0400
Robert:
Not a chance. The card is required for updating the unit.
>>> r-carter@xxxxxxx 06/07/04 08:47AM >>>
Hi,
Is it possible to do a firmware update without having a memory card in =
the=20
unit?
Robert Carter
At 07:37 AM 6/7/2004, you wrote:
>Dale:
>
>The flash card should NEVER be removed from the Book Port when performing =
=3D
>a firmware upgrade.
>
>The new software will NOT work properly with older versions of the =3D
>firmware.
>
>Rob Meredith
>
> >>> drlieser@xxxxxxx 06/06/04 09:25AM >>>
>Two questions:
>
>1. Is the flash card to be removed from the BP any time the firmware is
>being changed? If so, that's something I did not know, having left the =
=3D
>card
>in while trying to update.
>
>2. Will the new version of the software work with the old version of the
>firmware?
>
>Dale
>
>
>P.s>: Where can I get specific instructions about what to do and not to =
=3D
>do
>in upgrading-updating the firmware?
>
>----- Original Message -----=3D20
>From: "LARRY SKUTCHAN" <lskutchan@xxxxxxx>
>To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 11:59 AM
>Subject: [bookport] Re: Presently Unusable
>
>
> > You can do the following to get back to the previous firmware:
> >
> > Download www.aph.org/update/bpfw_1_0_4.bin=3D20=20
> >
> > Rename this file to bpfw._bb
> >
> > Copy that file to the root folder of flashcard
> >
> > Put the flashcard into Book Port
> >
> > Hit 2+B to reset
> >
> > The firmware update should start.
> >
> >
> > <<< r-carter@xxxxxxx 6/ 5 9:38a >>>
> > Hi Dale,
> >
> > Do you have another compact flash card that you could try to see if =
=3D
>it=3D3D20
> > works normally?
> >
> > Robert Carter
> >
> > At 07:27 AM 6/5/2004, you wrote:
> >
> > >I've tried everything I can think of to get my BP out of its chatter =
of
> > >alternately speaking the name of the default folder and "previous =
=3D3D
> > folder".
> > >It appears, also, that everything on the flash card has been erased, =
=3D
>but
>=3D3D
> > the
> > >unit won't even accept a format command, so that I could know I'm =
=3D3D
> > starting
> > >clean. I'm all too aware that beta testing comes with a risk. Does =
=3D
>=3D3D
> > anyone
> > >have an idea of how I could undo the upgrades, so I could return to =
the
> > >versions which worked for me?
> > >
> > >Dale
> >
> >
> >
> > =3D3D20
> >
> >
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