Thanks for the quick backup tip.

What command do I run if I want to install a new u-boot while the Bone is 
running?  I don't see it on either the FAT or ext4 partition.

--Mark

On Friday, October 17, 2014 11:56:12 AM UTC-4, RobertCNelson wrote:
>
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 10:54 AM, Robert Nelson <[email protected] 
> <javascript:>> wrote: 
> > On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 10:51 AM, Mark A. Yoder <[email protected] 
> <javascript:>> wrote: 
> >> I see on the recent test images[1] that u-boot and MLO are handled 
> >> differently than before[2].  You copy u-boot.img and MLO using: 
> >> 
> >> dd if=MLO of=/dev/sdX count=1 seek=1 conv=notrunc bs=128k 
> >> dd if=u-boot.img of=/dev/sdX count=2 seek=1 conv=notrunc bs=384k 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> I want to try my own u-boot, but before overwriting working copy I'd 
> like to 
> >> back it up.  Does this work? 
> >> 
> >> bone$ dd if=/dev/mmcblk1boot1 of=u-boot.img.bak count=2 seek=1 bs=384k 
> >> bone$ dd if=/dev/mmcblk1boot0 of=MLO.bak count=1 seek=1 bs=128k 
> >> 
> >> When updating u-boot, do I also need to update MLO? 
> >> 
> >> Can I update a running Bone with? 
> >> 
> >> dd if=MLO of=/dev/mmcblk1boot0 count=1 seek=1 conv=notrunc bs=128k 
> >> dd if=u-boot.img of=/dev/mmcblk1boot1 count=2 seek=1 conv=notrunc 
> bs=384k 
> > 
> > Oh, we don't use the eMMC "boot" aka: "/dev/mmcblkXbootY" locations. I 
> > don't think ti's bootrom on even the newest cortex parts support that 
> > partition either... 
>
> btw, there should be backup version located here: 
>
> /opt/backup/uboot/ 
>
>
> https://github.com/RobertCNelson/omap-image-builder/blob/master/tools/setup_sdcard.sh#L997
>  
>
> Regards, 
>
> -- 
> Robert Nelson 
> http://www.rcn-ee.com/ 
>

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