Re: Should I upgrade uboot on my new OpenRD Ultimate?

[Luca Niccoli <lultimouomo@gmail.com>]

On 22 February 2011 01:35, Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com> wrote:

> But I'm concerned that there may be something more subtle that I'm missing.
>  For example, this machine will eventually be installed at a remote location
> doing environmental monitoring.  If there's a power failure (not un-likely
> to happen given the run-time environment) I'd like to be very sure it comes
> up when the power returns.  If there are features in the latest uboot that
> make it more robust, I'd like to be able to take advantage of them.

U-boot USB support is reported to be a bit unstable; sometimes you
have to reboot because it can't see the disk...
Maybe you'd be better off with a 2.5" internal disk or with e-sata...
Cheers,

Luca