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Re: Braiins OS: open-source mining firmware [S9, T1]. New release includes AsicBoost
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Artemis3
on 01/02/2019, 14:48:46 UTC
⭐ Merited by frodocooper (3)
I get error Unknown package 'firmware'.

That is strange, but i think i experienced that once or twice before. Try removing the package firmware to force a reset: opkg remove firmware

If that doesn't work, then you could follow the procedure to return to the factory firmware, and then again install Braiins OS.

In the official docs, ignore where they mention an SD card, their English isn't perfect and that wording is imprecise. That is the procedure to return the firmware in the NAND (not SD) of your miner's controller (tho it could work the same if you had an SD card with the jp4 jumper moved, i guess?:

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cd braiins-os_am1-s9_ssh_VERSION
python3 restore2factory.py backup/2ce9c4aab53c-2018-09-19/ your-miner-hostname-or-ip

This part 2ce9c4aab53c-2018-09-19 changes on each unit install. In Linux use tab to autocomplete the actual folder, or just look at them inside ./backup/.

If you installed it with the python script, you should already have a backup and going back to Bitmain's firmware is easy using that method.
But it is now possible to use the (current) python script to go back to a factory firmware downloaded from bitmain when you don't have a backup.

The restore2factory.py python script should have an argument that accepts Bitmain's firmware file directly, but I have yet to try that procedure.