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authorJosh Blum <josh@joshknows.com>2010-05-14 12:32:40 -0700
committerJosh Blum <josh@joshknows.com>2010-05-14 12:32:40 -0700
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card burner notes
-rw-r--r--host/docs/usrp2.rst16
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/host/docs/usrp2.rst b/host/docs/usrp2.rst
index e8901b839..4731b73cf 100644
--- a/host/docs/usrp2.rst
+++ b/host/docs/usrp2.rst
@@ -48,14 +48,26 @@ Load the images onto the SD card
Use the usrp2_card_burner.py with caution. If you specify the wrong device node,
you could overwrite your hard drive. Make sure that --dev= specifies the SD card.
-Use the card burner tool (linux):
+Use the *--list* option to get a list of possible raw devices.
+The list result will filter out disk partitions and devices too large to be the sd card.
+The list option has not yet been implemented on macosx.
+
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Use the card burner tool (unix)
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
::
+ sudo <prefix>/share/uhd/utils/usrp2_card_burner.py --gui
+
+ -- OR --
+
cd <prefix>/share/uhd/utils
sudo ./usrp2_card_burner.py --dev=/dev/sd<XXX> --fpga=<path_to_fpga_image>
sudo ./usrp2_card_burner.py --dev=/dev/sd<XXX> --fw=<path_to_firmware_image>
-Use the card burner tool (windows):
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Use the card burner tool (windows)
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
::
<path_to_python.exe> <prefix>/share/uhd/utils/usrp2_card_burner.py --gui