[RPi5] Can I upgrade from a nightly build to a relase build?

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    I've been running the RPi5 nightlies for quite some time, since I got my 5 before there was an official build. I've decided it's time to get on the stable release branch now, especially since I haven't been updating for a while.

    Can I do an in-place update from a nightly build to a release build, or do I have to use the USB-SD creator to copy the stable image file to the SD card and reconfigure from scratch?

    If I can, would someone please point me in the right direction.

    Thanks!

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    Just put the release build (img.gz file) into /storage/.update, and reboot.

    You can use wget to download the file from SSH.

    If you're a nerd, make a backup first.

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    Quote from mglae

    Why did you omit any version number in your post?

    As a hint: downgrading from LE13 nightly to LE12 stable or nightly is not supported.

    Fair point, I should know better. It was a 12 nightly: LibreELEC-RPi5.aarch64-12.0-nightly-20241129-6ddfff5

    Unfortunately, I've been having some issues and I don't know if it's the Pi, LE, the Emby integration or what...

    I'd rebooted the Pi because it was behaving very sluggishly. When it came back up it started an update to... whatever was in the update folder that apparently hadn't been applied earlier.

    This morning, I woke up to BOOT ERRO: code 7 'Kernel or device-tree not found or is not compatible'

    I'll just flash the latest 12 stable and move on with life. It would have been easier to do an in-place upgrade, but I think it's time for a clean wipe.


    Thanks for the tips.