Fresh install for norns help

Monome
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So I’m trying to do a fresh install on a August 2022 Norns, fully updated, with the norns220802.tgz file on a FAT formatted USB drive and get the following error in terminal (macOS):

we@norns:~$ sudo cp /media/usb0/*.tgz ~/update/
cp: cannot stat '/media/usb0/*.tgz': No such file or directory

Any thoughts?

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You shouldn’t be logged into norns if you’re trying to install the fresh image. Are you following these instructions?

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I’m doing the offline update which says to connect to serial:

manual / offline update

For this process, we’ll use the phrase execute to mean “type this text into your terminal and press return/enter to run it.”

  • Download and copy the latest release’s.tgz update file to a FAT-formatted USB drive
  • Take note of the .tgz file’s name, as it is important (eg. norns210706 is specific to the July 06 2021 update in YYMMDD format)
  • Insert the USB drive into norns and boot up your norns
  • If using a standard norns, connect via serial. If using a shield, connect via ssh
  • Copy file to ~/update/ by executing the following:
sudo cp /media/usb0/*.tgz ~/update/
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I’m on my phone so might be wrong but it seems that you might be missing the ‘*’. It should be *.tgz in your sudo cp command.

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What @patchesinblue said looks right – sorry I have not run the update via the manual method and assumed you needed to do it from another computer.

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The * is in the code. For some reason it’s just showing on lines. If I hit edit post I see it.

we@norns:~$ sudo cp /media/usb0/.tgz ~/update/
cp: cannot stat '/media/usb0/.tgz’: No such file or directory

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Yeah enclosing anything between two * characters outside of a code block will italicize something. The other thing to check is if your usb drive is mounting as something other than /media/usb0. Try ls /media/ and see what you get back.

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When I plug either usb drive into my computer and run ls /media/ i get:

ls: /media/: No such file or directory

But the computer is recognizing the drive(s). I see it on my desktop and can access them.

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Oh, I meant to run ls /media/ on your Norns. If you get the same result, that may be a bigger problem.

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Ah, here’s what I get:

we@norns:~$ ls /media/
usb  usb0  usb1  usb2  usb3  usb4  usb5  usb6  usb7

I’m pretty baffled as I’m using a MS-DOS FAT32 formatted 64GB drive (and tried an 8GB), with norns220802.tgz file on it.

we@norns:~$ ls /media/
usb  usb0  usb1  usb2  usb3  usb4  usb5  usb6  usb7
we@norns:~$ sudo cp /media/usb0/*.tgz ~/update/
cp: cannot stat '/media/usb0/*.tgz': No such file or directory
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please follow the “fresh install” instructions. i’m going to remove the “offline update” instructions, which is an obsoleted technique for incremental (not “fresh”/from-scratch) updating in case of wifi failure. beyond obtaining the file, you don’t need wifi connection for a “fresh” install.

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20 characters of Thanks Tehn!