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Theo  wrote:
> Chris Green  wrote:
> > A script to update the bootcode.bin on the FAT drive should be pretty
> > simple, just put it in /etc/rc.local and it will be run every time you
> > boot.  It won't matter running it if /boot/bootcode.bin hasn't been
> > updated, though I suppose you might complain that it's writing to the
> > SD card unnecessarily.  OK, use rsync and the file will only be
> > written if it has changed.
>
> I'd probably want to do that after any package updates, because there's a
> risk that the firmware files on the SD and USB become out of sync and that
> could cause a boot failure.
>
> If you ran it on a cron job say once a day using rsync, it would reduce the
> chances of that happening.  Or there may be a hook you can set to run it
> after apt upgrade.
>
Yes, agreed.  I suppose you could use inotify but I've never really
got on very well with that.

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Chris Green
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