Black Hole Bootloader

[garyblas]

Hi friend of mine wants to put BH on his solo box ( told him Vix better - but wants BH ) it is completely blank box. Does he have to install a bootloader first before flashing with BH.. The BH version he has only has 2 files, no boot can be seen

[Larry-G]

if it's a brand new box then it likely already has the newest bootloader pre flashed.

[garyblas]

Its not brand new.. Second hand , so assuming no boot on it... I assume bootloader needs loading, either way best to start from scratch.
Where can he get bootloader, i use vix so assume bootloader file is different?

[Stanman]

You can use any bootloader, its released by box manufacturer and not image team.

[Larry-G]

as stanman says the bootloader like the drivers are released by the manufacturer not the image teams, just make sure you use a SOLO bootloader and not the DUO one or you will kill the receiver.

[garyblas]

Thanks guys,

Loaded bootloader but now box appears to be dead...:rolleyes: will reload bootloader .
I'm going to put the Vix image onto his box and see if that works, 1 question

I see in the Solo version of the flash their is a file called "splash_cfe_auto.bin" what does this do as my duo version does not have this file

[Rob van der Does]

The file "splash_cfe_auto.bin" is a splashscreen (the screen that shows in the very first stage of the boot phase). As far as I know the Solo & DUO don't support this. Anyway: you can delete that file from the image folder.