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  • Updating bootcode.bin

    From bob prohaska@3:770/3 to All on Tue Jan 16 15:56:21 2024
    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.

    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

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3)
  • From Theo@3:770/3 to bob prohaska on Tue Jan 16 16:19:46 2024
    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. 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]

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3)
  • From bob prohaska@3:770/3 to Theo on Tue Jan 16 16:50:07 2024
    Theo <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

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3)
  • From Andy Burns@3:770/3 to bob prohaska on Tue Jan 16 17:11:30 2024
    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

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3)
  • From bob prohaska@3:770/3 to Andy Burns on Wed Jan 17 01:23:02 2024
    Andy 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,

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3)
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