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Originally Posted by Gertjan
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A software component (sysd) on the DR1000 checks for firmware updates when an SD card is mounted. If it finds one, it will ask you to install it and - when confirmed - hard reset the device. Pressing the reset switch does exactly the same (though without the recommended proper shutdown). The hard reset causes the system to boot into a special 'upgrade' mode - independent of the normal kernel - where it overwrites the root file system, kernel and other system parts when necessary. After the installation it reboots for a normal 'soft' boot.
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I was under the impression that the OS needed to be booted up so sysd could access the SD file system etc. I am not worried about the bootloader doing the actual reflashing, but the component that tells the DR to go into that special upgrade mode. Perhaps this component does not need X like I thought, but won't it need other kernal components? Any idea which files we should not mess with (or where sysd is deployed)?