Updating bootcode.bin

Jan 16, 2024 Last reply: 2 years ago 4 Replies
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I've a couple RPi's that need bootcode.bin on the microSD to boot from USB. Formerly I could download it by visiting

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and clicking on the link
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Lately, that takes me to
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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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Click on the 'raw' button, which leads to:

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and your browser should download that. Or wget it:

$ wget

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16:16:39--
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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:
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[following]

--2024-01-16 16:16:39--

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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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B

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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I get links on the right to copy or download the "raw" file, it's how github handles binaries

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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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