[arm-allstar] New pi 4B and update

James Hause hausejd at gmail.com
Sat May 21 17:52:28 EDT 2022


David,
   I have a friend with the same issue, so curious what the other step is.
>From what I understand, the two files required for the Pi4 to boot are not
on the image one downloads, but once one does an update, they are there?
Problem my friend has is since it won't boot, can't do the update.
Not sure if this is making any sense to you.


On Sat, May 21, 2022 at 4:47 PM "David McGough via ARM-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

>
> Rich,
>
> For the image that won't boot, my guess is that it pre-dates the RPi4B14
> release channel, which was launched in about October, 2020.  Check the
> output of admin menu option #10.  The latest version should show these
> numbers:
>
> ---HamVoIP Firmware Version---
> RPi2-3-4 Version 1.7-01 Allstar - May 15, 2022 - K4FXC
>
> ---HamVoIP AllStar Version---
> Asterisk 1.4.23-pre.hamvoip-V1.7.1-04 app_rpt-0.327-01/22/2022
>
> ---Linux Kernel Version---
> Linux version 5.4.75-1-ARCH (builduser at leming)
> gcc version 10.2.0 (GCC)) #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Nov 9 16:58:39 UTC 2020
>
>
> If the linux kernel version is older (e.g.: 4.19.65), you're running the
> previous release, which can be updated, but requires another step.
>
> 73, David K4FXC
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, 21 May 2022, "Rich, WA2ZPX via ARM-allstar" wrote:
>
> > I have a couple of nodes on older pi4B's.  I updated the software on one
> of
> > the older ones by going into the menu and selecting #1. The node updated
> and
> > ran fine. I decided to take the SD card and plug it into the newer pi4B.
> I
> > get the error that it needs newer software and it won't boot.  I was
> able to
> > go to the link and download the updated  hamvoip image, and that booted
> fine
> > on the newer Pi4B.   Shouldn't the update have the the 2 files that would
> > allow it to boot on older and newer boards? Any thoughts??
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> >
> > Rich
> >
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