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   Knute Johnson to All   
   Re: Eeprom updates on a Pi2?   
   10 Dec 25 10:00:02   
   
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   On 12/9/25 12:52, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:   
   > Knute Johnson  wrote:   
   >> On 12/9/25 10:29, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:   
   >>> My Pi2 v1.1 running Trixie just announced that updates are availalbe.   
   >>> However, they're eeprom updates. To my knowldge a Pi2 has no eeprom.   
   >>> Still, if I let the updater run it makes a big ceremony of downloading   
   >>> and installing _something_.   
   >>>   
   >>> What's going on?   
   >>>   
   >>> Thanks for reading, apologies for the recent flood of questions....   
   >>>   
   >>> bob prohaska   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Only Pi4 and Pi5s have eeprom.  But all get the update so that if you   
   >> put that uSD card in a Pi4 or a Pi5 it will update it.   
   >>   
   > Since there's no eeprom on the Pi2 does the update downloaded and   
   > stashed somewhere on the microSD? Or is it installed to /dev/null ?   
   >    
   > Thanks for writing,   
   >    
   > bob prohaska   
   >    
      
   It gets stashed on the card somewhere.   
      
   --    
      
   Knute Johnson   
      
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