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40-150 f2.8 bricked by EM1mkii

Started Jan 14, 2017 | Discussions thread
Mark Thornton Veteran Member • Posts: 4,570
Re: Rather scary.. 40-150 f2.8 bricked by EM1mkii
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karlreed wrote:

This can be done by booting via a pointer to the active system. The VERY LAST THING the updating s/w does is to change this pointer to point to the new systems.

That only works if you have space for both new and old to exist simultaneously. It is regrettably common to cut corners on space for firmware.

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