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astfgl · 08-24-2006, 05:50 PM

Read the release carefully, it only says that upgrades will be possible from a CF card. This will not allow the bootloader to get a initial flash image from the CF card, just the normal update packages which would be downloaded from IDS.

If your unit is hung in the boot process, and the update check from the CF card is before that point, you might recover that way if the update happens to replace the part of the boot process which is hanging you. I doubt most of us would be that lucky. :-(

A properly bricked unit is still bricked, until we get access to JTAG or the bootloader over serial/USB.

Of course, I'll be very pleased(and amazed) if iRex pushed through an upgrade which makes the bootloader CF-aware. :-)

08-24-2006, 05:50 PM	#11
astfgl Member Posts: 24 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Townsville, AU Device: Iliad & REB1100	This won't help bricked units Read the release carefully, it only says that upgrades will be possible from a CF card. This will not allow the bootloader to get a initial flash image from the CF card, just the normal update packages which would be downloaded from IDS. If your unit is hung in the boot process, and the update check from the CF card is before that point, you might recover that way if the update happens to replace the part of the boot process which is hanging you. I doubt most of us would be that lucky. :-( A properly bricked unit is still bricked, until we get access to JTAG or the bootloader over serial/USB. Of course, I'll be very pleased(and amazed) if iRex pushed through an upgrade which makes the bootloader CF-aware. :-)