update raspberry pi zero 2 firmware while running LibreELEC

nickfs000 · March 27, 2017 at 9:11 AM

Hello, what's the best way for me to update my raspberry pi zero w's firmware while on LibreELEC? Do I need to do this on a separate microSD card running Rasbian to flash the CPU?

thank you....

**Klojum** · March 27, 2017 at 9:51 AM Official Post

Newer firmwares come with new LibreELEC builds. There is no possibility (or need IMO) to update the firmware seperately.

trent · March 27, 2017 at 10:58 AM

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flash the CPU

I think the confusion arises because many people are familiar with firmware which is flashed onto some non-volatile memory in the hardware itself. The 'firmware update' is often risky or irreversible.

R-Pi hardware does not have any onboard non-volatile memory. So nothing to 'flash'. Firmware is just stored on SD card and loaded every time at boot.

**escalade** · March 27, 2017 at 12:52 PM

I'm pretty sure you can simply update the required files under /flash. Look here for what's changed. No need to update just for the sake of updating.