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A question on rebooting
« on: 12 / August / 2012, 00:09:35 »
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Hi all,

I was on here the other day quite happy about an issue i had resolved. My G-12 was working fine with CHDK. I pulled a bonehead move and went to reformat and lost all the chdk data from the card.I spent quite a few hrs today going thru all the same process to reinstall chdk into my G-12 (1.00E). Ive altered the card in HXD to bootdisk at 00001EO. I've extracted a new download into the card.

I am asking if i have missed something obvious??? Something on/in the camera itself????

Any help woud be appreciated



Dave                  :)
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Offline waterwingz

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Re: A question on rebooting
« Reply #1 on: 12 / August / 2012, 00:14:46 »
bootdisk or BOOTDISK ?   FAT16 or FAT32 ?

Also,  did you remember to put the SD card lock switch back into the locked position ?

What happens now when you turn your camera on ?   A little more information would help here.

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Re: A question on rebooting
« Reply #2 on: 12 / August / 2012, 00:21:30 »
BOOTDISK (capitals)  FAT32   4GB

Curiously i never did the '' lock " method previously it it worked ok before


When i turn on cam with replay button and press menu i cant get the firmware selection...

And i dont get the CHDK flash logo either

What should my CHDK files be ?  read only?  archive?
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Re: A question on rebooting
« Reply #3 on: 12 / August / 2012, 00:32:23 »
Quote from: spark802 on 12 / August / 2012, 00:09:35
Ive altered the card in HXD to bootdisk at 00001EO.
You only need to do that if you are trying to setup your card for "SD lock" autobooting.  And the G12 was released in 2010 so that is the wrong address to set to BOOTDISK. It won't matter if you are using the "firmware update" method though - its ignored either way.

Quote from: spark802 on 12 / August / 2012, 00:21:30
BOOTDISK (capitals)  FAT32   4GB
Good.  Be aware that the G12 was released in 2010 so it will not autoboot via the "SD Card Lock" method unless the card is formatted FAT16.

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Curiously i never did the '' lock " method previously it it worked ok before
The "lock" method is really handy - CHDK loads every time the camera starts.  But if you were using the firmware udpate method,  that's fine too.  Just a little more work each time the camera starts.  (Okay .. a lot more work ..)

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When i turn on cam with replay button and press menu i cant get the firmware selection...  And i dont get the CHDK flash logo either
There needs to be a CHDK ps.fi2 file in the root of the SD card for the firmware update method to work.

Are you using a Mac ?  Like every Apple product,  Mac's cause people problems but they buy them anyway.  Here's the secret to making a Mac "just work" like all the Mac fanboys pretend it does :  http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ/Mac#You_may_have_issues_with_permissions.

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What should my CHDK files be ?  read only?  archive?
You should just extract from the zip file to the card.  No changes required.

« Last Edit: 12 / August / 2012, 00:38:09 by waterwingz »
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Re: A question on rebooting
« Reply #4 on: 12 / August / 2012, 00:43:22 »


I have windows XP   I will go back to it with the info youve sent...

There needs to be a CHDK ps.fi2 file in the root of the SD card for the firmware update method to work.




Ok i will try the above....
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Re: A question on rebooting
« Reply #5 on: 12 / August / 2012, 00:48:25 »
Quote from: spark802 on 12 / August / 2012, 00:43:22
I have windows XP   I will go back to it with the info youve sent...
There needs to be a CHDK ps.fi2 file in the root of the SD card for the firmware update method to work.

Firmware update method

SD Card Lock Booting method
« Last Edit: 12 / August / 2012, 00:56:08 by waterwingz »
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Re: A question on rebooting
« Reply #6 on: 12 / August / 2012, 01:13:48 »
And i already have the ps.f12 file, its with the download
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Re: A question on rebooting
« Reply #7 on: 12 / August / 2012, 01:48:39 »
thanks for sending the additional info ....i know i will get this tonite yet..i dont want to complain but some of the links seem redundant.....


 :)

dave
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Re: A question on rebooting
« Reply #8 on: 12 / August / 2012, 10:28:41 »
Quote from: spark802 on 12 / August / 2012, 01:48:39
..i dont want to complain but some of the links seem redundant.....
Always looking for feedback - which links specifically ?
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Re: A question on rebooting
« Reply #9 on: 12 / August / 2012, 16:29:35 »
Quote from: waterwingz on 12 / August / 2012, 00:48:25
Quote from: spark802 on 12 / August / 2012, 00:43:22
I have windows XP   I will go back to it with the info youve sent...
There needs to be a CHDK ps.fi2 file in the root of the SD card for the firmware update method to work.

Firmware update method

SD Card Lock Booting method

Hi again,    RE the firmware update method. I still havent solved the above issues from yesterday. I cannot seem to find a firmware update for the G-12. I did go through the link.

Any help would be appreciated
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