Crucial SSD firmware upgrade -- usb flash drive issues
I've got a Crucial m4 SSD which needs a firmware upgrade. From the Crucial website I've downloaded an image which supposedly is an iso image bootable from either CD or a usb stick. Since the fbsd install images are different for booting from cd and usb flash drives (the flash image is significantly larger), I'm wondering if there's anything I need to be aware of when attempting this. I tried copying the ssd firmware update image to a flash drive using: dd if=firmwareupdate.iso of=/dev/da0 bs=64k which seemed to work. However, when I attempt to boot the device, BIOS complains about it not being bootable and says to fix it or select something else which is bootable. I know the drive can be bootable because I used it for the fbsd 9.1 usb boot image and it worked fine. The documentation for the SSD firmware upgrade says Create a Bootable USB Drive with the following steps (summarized here, no real content omitted): 1. Start with a newly formatted USB drive 2. Open a USB installer program. If you don't have one, you may download a free one such as Universal USB Installer... 3. If you are using the Universal USB Installer, then: 3a. At the Step 1 drop down box, scroll to the bottom and select the last option: Try Unlisted Linux ISO 3b. Go to step 2 (in the pgm) and browse to the firmware ISO that you downloaded earlier 3c. Go to step 3 (in the pgm) and select the flash drive on which you want to install the ISO 3d. Click the Create button and click Format E:\Drive 3e. A sequence of screens will appear and disappear... The above is all highly confusing to me, as it's not clear who's doing what. I'm guessing the Universal Installer Program actually writes a boot block and then the bootable image someplace beyond that, and the iso image supplied is not really a complete bootable image for a flash drive -- it's missing the boot blocks. Can anyone suggest a way to create a bootable flash drive using this image? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
RE: Crucial SSD firmware upgrade -- usb flash drive issues
-Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Gary Aitken Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 12:55 PM To: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Crucial SSD firmware upgrade -- usb flash drive issues I've got a Crucial m4 SSD which needs a firmware upgrade. From the Crucial website I've downloaded an image which supposedly is an iso image bootable from either CD or a usb stick. Since the fbsd install images are different for booting from cd and usb flash drives (the flash image is significantly larger), I'm wondering if there's anything I need to be aware of when attempting this. I tried copying the ssd firmware update image to a flash drive using: dd if=firmwareupdate.iso of=/dev/da0 bs=64k which seemed to work. However, when I attempt to boot the device, BIOS complains about it not being bootable and says to fix it or select something else which is bootable. I know the drive can be bootable because I used it for the fbsd 9.1 usb boot image and it worked fine. The documentation for the SSD firmware upgrade says Create a Bootable USB Drive with the following steps (summarized here, no real content omitted): 1. Start with a newly formatted USB drive 2. Open a USB installer program. If you don't have one, you may download a free one such as Universal USB Installer... 3. If you are using the Universal USB Installer, then: 3a. At the Step 1 drop down box, scroll to the bottom and select the last option: Try Unlisted Linux ISO 3b. Go to step 2 (in the pgm) and browse to the firmware ISO that you downloaded earlier 3c. Go to step 3 (in the pgm) and select the flash drive on which you want to install the ISO 3d. Click the Create button and click Format E:\Drive 3e. A sequence of screens will appear and disappear... The above is all highly confusing to me, as it's not clear who's doing what. I'm guessing the Universal Installer Program actually writes a boot block and then the bootable image someplace beyond that, and the iso image supplied is not really a complete bootable image for a flash drive -- it's missing the boot blocks. Can anyone suggest a way to create a bootable flash drive using this image? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions- unsubscr...@freebsd.org Please see the below site for a script to convert the .ISO into a .IMG that can be dd written to the thumb drive http://www.daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=4361 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Crucial SSD firmware upgrade -- usb flash drive issues
On 02/01/13 11:03, Sean Cavanaugh wrote: -Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Gary Aitken Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 12:55 PM To: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Crucial SSD firmware upgrade -- usb flash drive issues I've got a Crucial m4 SSD which needs a firmware upgrade. From the Crucial website I've downloaded an image which supposedly is an iso image bootable from either CD or a usb stick. Since the fbsd install images are different for booting from cd and usb flash drives (the flash image is significantly larger), I'm wondering if there's anything I need to be aware of when attempting this. I tried copying the ssd firmware update image to a flash drive using: dd if=firmwareupdate.iso of=/dev/da0 bs=64k which seemed to work. However, when I attempt to boot the device, BIOS complains about it not being bootable and says to fix it or select something else which is bootable. I know the drive can be bootable because I used it for the fbsd 9.1 usb boot image and it worked fine. The documentation for the SSD firmware upgrade says Create a Bootable USB Drive with the following steps (summarized here, no real content omitted): 1. Start with a newly formatted USB drive 2. Open a USB installer program. If you don't have one, you may download a free one such as Universal USB Installer... 3. If you are using the Universal USB Installer, then: 3a. At the Step 1 drop down box, scroll to the bottom and select the last option: Try Unlisted Linux ISO 3b. Go to step 2 (in the pgm) and browse to the firmware ISO that you downloaded earlier 3c. Go to step 3 (in the pgm) and select the flash drive on which you want to install the ISO 3d. Click the Create button and click Format E:\Drive 3e. A sequence of screens will appear and disappear... The above is all highly confusing to me, as it's not clear who's doing what. I'm guessing the Universal Installer Program actually writes a boot block and then the bootable image someplace beyond that, and the iso image supplied is not really a complete bootable image for a flash drive -- it's missing the boot blocks. Can anyone suggest a way to create a bootable flash drive using this image? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions- unsubscr...@freebsd.org Please see the below site for a script to convert the .ISO into a .IMG that can be dd written to the thumb drive http://www.daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=4361 Thanks, that was a help. However, when it boots, I get the following: No /boot/loader FreeBSD/x86 boot Default: 0:ad(0,a)/boot/kernel/kernel boot: I can mount the thumb drive as a ufs file system, which looks like this: /boot/ solinux/ boot.cat boot2880.img bootmsg.txt isolinux.bin isolinux.cfg memdisk splash.lss /legal.txt /revision.txt Assuming this is all good as a stand-alone linux image, what do I need to enter at the boot: prompt to get it to boot? It's not clear to me what the code to be booted is. The isolinux.cfg file looks like this: PROMPT 1 TIMEOUT 30 DEFAULT default DISPLAY bootMsg.txt LABEL default KERNEL memdisk append initrd=boot2880.img floppy raw LABEL alternate KERNEL memdisk append initrd=boot2880.img floppy Thanks for any hints... Gary ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Crucial SSD firmware upgrade -- usb flash drive issues
On Fri, 1 Feb 2013, Gary Aitken wrote: On 02/01/13 11:03, Sean Cavanaugh wrote: Please see the below site for a script to convert the .ISO into a .IMG that can be dd written to the thumb drive http://www.daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=4361 That looks to be specific to converting a FreeBSD installer CD to memory stick... which of course is not needed any more. The implications of trying to custom build an SSD firmware update image from a CD could be big, and it's really not something to experiment with unless you feel lucky. From a user support standpoint, the first thing to do is send a Why aren't you supporting your users with a memory stick firmware update? Many people no longer have CD drives. Practically speaking, that is not likely to result in a quick result, or possibly any result. So use a program they recommend, or use an external CD drive to update the firmware. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Crucial SSD firmware upgrade -- usb flash drive issues
If I understand correctly, it is iso image from ssd manufacturer. They tend to think everybody uses win and has cd drive. Quick search might give easy answer, if win/linux box is available. You could try out unetbootin. Tutorial says it takes an image and makes bootable usb stick. Best regards Zoran ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Crucial SSD firmware upgrade -- usb flash drive issues
On 02/01/13 22:06, Zoran Kolic wrote: If I understand correctly, it is iso image from ssd manufacturer. They tend to think everybody uses win and has cd drive. Quick search might give easy answer, if win/linux box is available. You could try out unetbootin. Tutorial says it takes an image and makes bootable usb stick. On 02/01/13 17:05, Warren Block wrote: The implications of trying to custom build an SSD firmware update image from a CD could be big, and it's really not something to experiment with unless you feel lucky. From a user support standpoint, the first thing to do is send a Why aren't you supporting your users with a memory stick firmware update? Many people no longer have CD drives. Practically speaking, that is not likely to result in a quick result, or possibly any result. So use a program they recommend, or use an external CD drive to update the firmware. The mfg claims the iso image is suitable for booting either from CD or a usb stick; with the caveat that you use some magic software to write the bootable usb stick. I guess I'll just find a way to write a CD. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
