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Updating bootcode.bin
From bob prohaska@3:770/3 to All on Tue Jan 16 15:56:21 2024I've a couple RPi's that need bootcode.bin on the microSD
to boot from USB. Formerly I could download it by visiting https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/raspberry-pi.html#raspberry-pi-boot-modes
and clicking on the link https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/blob/master/boot/bootcode.bin
Lately, that takes me to https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/blob/master/boot/bootcode.bin
which displays as an empty frame on the right of the window. Clicking
on the icon for bootcode.bin in the left-hand frame doesn't change
the display and doesn't start a download.
I'm using a recent RasPiOS system with the chromium browser for this,
all updating using apt, so if anything should work, this should.
Can somebody tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks for reading,
bob prohaska
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From Theo@3:770/3 to bob prohaska on Tue Jan 16 16:19:46 2024bob prohaska <bp@www.zefox.net> wrote:
I've a couple RPi's that need bootcode.bin on the microSD
to boot from USB. Formerly I could download it by visiting https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/raspberry-pi.html#raspberry-pi-boot-modes
and clicking on the link https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/blob/master/boot/bootcode.bin
Lately, that takes me to https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/blob/master/boot/bootcode.bin
which displays as an empty frame on the right of the window. Clicking
on the icon for bootcode.bin in the left-hand frame doesn't change
the display and doesn't start a download.
Click on the 'raw' button, which leads to: https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/raw/master/boot/bootcode.bin
and your browser should download that. Or wget it:
$ wget https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/raw/master/boot/bootcode.bin --2024-01-16 16:16:39-- https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/raw/master/boot/bootcode.bin
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 140.82.121.3
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|140.82.121.3|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/raspberrypi/firmware/master/boot/bootcode.bin [following]
--2024-01-16 16:16:39-- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/raspberrypi/firmware/master/boot/bootcode.bin
Resolving raw.githubusercontent.com (raw.githubusercontent.com)... 185.199.108.133, 185.199.109.133, 185.199.110.133, ...
Connecting to raw.githubusercontent.com (raw.githubusercontent.com)|185.199.108.133|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 52476 (51K) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘bootcode.bin’
bootcode.bin 100%[============================================================================>] 51.25K --.-KB/s in 0.01s
2024-01-16 16:16:39 (4.59 MB/s) - ‘bootcode.bin’ saved [52476/52476]
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From bob prohaska@3:770/3 to Theo on Tue Jan 16 16:50:07 2024Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
bob prohaska <bp@www.zefox.net> wrote:
I've a couple RPi's that need bootcode.bin on the microSD
to boot from USB. Formerly I could download it by visiting
https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/raspberry-pi.html#raspberry-pi-boot-modes
and clicking on the link
https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/blob/master/boot/bootcode.bin
Lately, that takes me to
https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/blob/master/boot/bootcode.bin
which displays as an empty frame on the right of the window. Clicking
on the icon for bootcode.bin in the left-hand frame doesn't change
the display and doesn't start a download.
Click on the 'raw' button, which leads to: https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/raw/master/boot/bootcode.bin
and your browser should download that.
That did the trick. Odd that a button labeled "view" should trigger
a download, but I'm very glad it works anyway.
Thank you!
bob prohaska
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From Andy Burns@3:770/3 to bob prohaska on Tue Jan 16 17:11:30 2024bob prohaska wrote:
https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/blob/master/boot/bootcode.bin
which displays as an empty frame on the right of the window.
I get links on the right to copy or download the "raw" file, it's how
github handles binaries
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From bob prohaska@3:770/3 to Andy Burns on Wed Jan 17 01:23:02 2024Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:
bob prohaska wrote:
https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/blob/master/boot/bootcode.bin
which displays as an empty frame on the right of the window.
I get links on the right to copy or download the "raw" file, it's how
github handles binaries
Ok, now that you've _told_ me I see the icon. But it's only an
icon, not a word. Apparently hieroglyphics aren't my thing...8-)
Thanks for writing,
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