Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of howto/SD_Config/OSX

Timestamp:

Aug 25, 2012, 9:42:45 PM (12 years ago)

Author:

murphpo

Comment:

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howto/SD_Config/OSX

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-=== OS X ===
+== Writing SD Cards: Mac OS X ==
 Apple provides a copy of dd with recent releases of OS X (at least since 10.7, probably earlier).
 
 '''Finding the SD card descriptor:'''[[BR]]
  1. Insert the SD card
- 1. In a terminal run {{{diskutil list}}} to find device descriptor for SD card. Look for the SD card in the list of disks. On a MBP, the shows:
+ 1. In a terminal run {{{diskutil list}}}. Look for the SD card in the list of disks. On a MacBook with a singe hard drive, the output is:
 {{{
    #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
@@ -16 +16 @@
    1:                 DOS_FAT_32 WARP SD                 32.0 MB    disk1s1
 }}}
- 2. In this example, the SD card device descriptor is /dev/disk1. The actual descriptor will differ on other machines with different disk configurations. 
+ 2. In this example, the SD card device descriptor is {{{/dev/disk1}}}. The actual descriptor will differ on other machines with different disk configurations, but should take the form {{{/dev/diskX}}}.
 
 '''Copying the .bin file:'''[[BR]]
- 1. Unmount ('''not''' eject) the drive using this command:
+ 1. Unmount ('''not''' eject) the drive using this command (replacing {{{X}}} with your actual SD descriptor):
 {{{
 diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskX
@@ -27 +27 @@
 dd bs=512 seek=<N> if=<yourFile.bin> of=</dev/diskX>
 }}}
-  1. ''<N>'': depends on the target slot number; see the list above
+  1. ''<N>'': depends on the target slot number; use (131072 + slotNum*32768). More details [wiki:..#Copying.binFilesSDCards here].
   1. ''<yourFile.bin>'': the binary FPGA configuration file
   1. ''</dev/diskX>'': device descriptor for the SD card
@@ -36 +36 @@
 9232444 bytes transferred in 8.503631 secs (1085706 bytes/sec)
 }}}
- 1. Repeat for additional .bin config files if needed.
+ 1. Repeat for additional .bin config files in additional slots if needed.
  1. Eject the SD card in the Finder (if it's mounted).