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Originally Posted by minto
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This is a great way of updating a distro to newer releases, but what about trying out new things. One mistake and your device is bricked. Using bootable CF will not brick your device when trying out new things. If new things fail, just remove the CF and reset it and you have the working old thing.
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i dont think so. if the flasher is is in the bootloader, and the flash process won't touch it, you could always reflash.
(at least that's how the SIMPads loader works, but it seems very common most home routers do it the same way. You can update the OS and the loader separately, but i had always some fear when i was flashing the loader. Cause if you kill the loader, then the device is indeed bricked.)
But in case you would have to flash everything at once, including the loader, your option with CF-booting is for sure the better and less headaching way.