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Re: [LUG] PI Os upgrade

 

On 22/02/15 12:48, Gordon Henderson wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Feb 2015, Tom wrote:
> 
>> Got a new Pi and just wondering if sticking the old (ubu) OS in it
>> will it get upgraded to MP or do I have to start again?
> 
> No idea what you mean by "ubu" here.

Possibly they mean Ubuntu.
> 
> However if you have a B+ then the kernel will work on the v2, but you're
> strongly advised to upgrade it before moving the SD card over - or just
> get a new SD card and stick the latest Raspbian on it. (Then upgrade it
> again)

I'm sure there was a kernel update to Raspbian recently.
With /boot now containing (on a B, BTW).

-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root    4379 Feb 16 20:00 bcm2708-rpi-b.dtb
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root    4658 Feb 16 20:00 bcm2708-rpi-b-plus.dtb
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root    5622 Feb 16 20:00 bcm2709-rpi-2-b.dtb
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   17856 Feb 16 20:00 bootcode.bin

Which would appear to imply support for the B, B+ and Bv2 with a fully
up to date Raspbian.


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