Subj : Re: Eeprom updates on a Pi2? To : All From : The Natural Philosopher Date : Tue Dec 09 2025 19:07:59 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? -- "Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim." George Santayana --- PyGate Linux v1.5.2 * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10) .