perhaps I should try again too Rose (smile) Glad you got it working...
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Stacey Robinson Sent: 09 July 2006 18:04 To: Braillenote List Subject: RE: [Braillenote] 7.01 Upgrade Question Rose, glad you got it working, and no one thought you were stupid. Technology can be a real pain sometimes. Stacey and Chesley > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Rose Combs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "'Braillenote List'" <[email protected] >Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2006 09:47:01 -0700 >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] 7.01 Upgrade Question >I don't believe it, I reformatted the SD card from HW and it is actually >uploading. This is great but what happened. I used two 500 MB SD cards in >the past and it did not work. Now I formatted and used the one HW supplied, >I think 64 MB but am not sure and it is just sitting here beeping away >telling me it is loading. >At least I don't have to do tech support calls, thank goodness. >YAY!, YAY, I DID IT, >I am not stupid after all! >Rose Combs >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rose Combs >Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 9:34 AM >To: 'Braillenote List' >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] 7.01 Upgrade Question >Well, my concern now isn't so much about the 7.1 upgrade, I can manage >without it as I don't have the really concerning battery issues, I get >amazingly good battery life in fact, and I can deal with the download issues >and don't set many alarms any longer, but my concern is that since I cannot >do this particular upgrade now, I may not be able to do future upgrades >either. >By the way, to HumanWare staff, when I do the 4,6 or 4,5 reset the version I >get is 1.8 on the 32 display and the version I get on the 18-cell is 1.6. >Then I get the SD card error whether I select boot loader or update from the >resulting menu. >This may be helpful too. >Rose Combs >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joseph Lee >Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 8:29 AM >To: 'Braillenote List' >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] 7.01 Upgrade Question >Rose, >Although I don't have my mPower (I didn't install 7.01 yhet), I didn't >experienced any problems with the bootloader when I upgraded to 7.0 in June >(I used my own PNY 256 MB SD card). >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rose Combs >Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 1:48 AM >To: 'Braillenote List' >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] 7.01 Upgrade Question >If that is so, how come I am still getting errors on two cards I definitely >ran the prepare utility on, one which I had used last spring to get the 7.0 >upgrade before I knew it would be mailed, and one just out of its package, >and run on the prepare utility. All three cards are readable on the BN as >well as the computer? >Yes, I know, I am bugging you Jonathan , but I am not the only person having >my problems. I still have a hunch it relates to something that did not go >right with the bootloader, as nothing happened when I installed 7 and used >the 1-2 with the reset button as the instructions on the web site and in my >package later seemed to tell me to do. >Anyone else having the problems, especially the SD card error, did you also >have a problem with the boot file in January or whenever you did 7. At the >time since the installation went without a hitch I thought nothing of it but >hindsight tells me this may be where the problem could exist. I am not a >programmer, just tossing it out there to see if maybe I can intuit my way to >helping get a solution--as this seems to be something I have done in the >past at work and at home. >It may be worth a though at least. >Rose Combs >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jonathan Mosen >Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 2:41 PM >To: 'Braillenote List' >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] 7.01 Upgrade Question >Hi Jim, I suspect that what has happened in this case is that you received a >card that was, in fact, not prepared correctly. HumanWare did send a bunch >of these out and we apologise for this. When the unit goes dead like that, >it suggests that the SD card is formatted with FAT 32, not FAT 16 as is >necessary. We did post a message about this when we discovered the error a >few months back, but if you had already installed, it may not have been >important to you at the time. So if you run the Prepare SD card for upgrade >utility on this card, you should find it works just fine. 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