MVP Manual flash

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Manual flashing for the MVP

Prerequisites:

  • Need to be running a firmware from b-rad before update
  • Locate the firmware here (temporary path): http://downloads.wdlxtv.com/mvp/
    • mvphd-tip.zip is for USB flash
    • sata-tip.img-squashed.gz is for SATA flash
  • Unzip the file to the root of your USB drive. You should get at least mvphd.md5 and mvphd. The filesystem of the USB drive can be anything (FAT, Ext, NTFS).
  • Loop-mount the firmware inside the MVP
mkdir /tmp/temporary_mount
mount -o loop,ro /disk/USB/mvphd /tmp/temporary_mount/
  • Manually flash the kernel
dd if=/tmp/temporary_mount/zbimage-linux-xload of=/dev/sigmblockd
  • Invalidate the root filesystem
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sigmblocke bs=1024 count=1
  • Reboot with the USB drive attached
  • Profit