Subj : Re: Eeprom updates on a Pi2? To : All From : bp Date : Wed Dec 10 2025 10:00:02 The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 09/12/2025 18:58, Knute Johnson wrote: >> On 12/9/25 12:52, bp@www.zefox.net wrote: >>> Knute Johnson wrote: >>>> On 12/9/25 10:29, bp@www.zefox.net wrote: >>>>> My Pi2 v1.1 running Trixie just announced that updates are availalbe. >>>>> However, they're eeprom updates. To my knowldge a Pi2 has no eeprom. >>>>> Still, if I let the updater run it makes a big ceremony of downloading >>>>> and installing _something_. >>>>> >>>>> What's going on? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for reading, apologies for the recent flood of questions.... >>>>> >>>>> bob prohaska >>>>> >>>> >>>> Only Pi4 and Pi5s have eeprom.ÿ But all get the update so that if you >>>> put that uSD card in a Pi4 or a Pi5 it will update it. >>>> >>> Since there's no eeprom on the Pi2 does the update downloaded and >>> stashed somewhere on the microSD? Or is it installed to /dev/null ? >>> >>> Thanks for writing, >>> >>> bob prohaska >>> >> >> It gets stashed on the card somewhere. >> > IIRC there is a bunch of machine level stuff in the FAT partition - > mounts as /boot/firmware - in a live SD situation > > These might as well be EEprom really! What else is an SD card? > That's a happy thought but I'm skeptical. If it were true I'd have a lot less trouble booting from USB drives 8-) Thanks for writing, bob prohaska --- PyGate Linux v1.5.2 * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10) .