Draugen Posted January 7, 2018 Posted January 7, 2018 Hi guys, I recently received the Packet Squirrel. The first thing I did was to try upgrading to the latest firmware. I've followed the guide, but the PS only boots and starts blinking with a blue light. I left it in for a good hour the first time, but nothing happened. I tried with both v. 1.1 and v. 1.2 with the same result. I also can't get the default payloads to work. I am able to login in Arming mode and I could confirm it's running FW 1.0. Any tips? I still haven't tried to do a Factory Reset.
Dave-ee Jones Posted January 7, 2018 Posted January 7, 2018 How are you trying to load the firmware on there? Via USB? If so, check the format of the USB. It has to be either EXT4 or NTFS. Any other format and the PS will not recognise the USB and it'll say there's no USB plugged in. Most USBs come pre-formatted with FAT32.
Draugen Posted January 8, 2018 Author Posted January 8, 2018 I followed the guide, so I used NTFS. I have tried with 3 different USB-memory sticks just to be sure.
Dave-ee Jones Posted January 8, 2018 Posted January 8, 2018 Did you do a checksum check? Let's assume you're trying to install 1.2, follow the below process: - Download the upgrade file here (SHA-256: c1f2cbe2096fd04df3a91721b447573b1005894809592d0a76bf865992d16b7a) - Verify checksum (if you're using Windows you should be able to right-click the file, select CRC SHA and then select SHA-256 and verify the output is the same as above) - Copy the file to your NTFS USB without changing the name or anything like that. Make sure it's in the root of the USB, so not in any folders. - Plug the USB into the PS and power on the PS while it's in arming mode - The LEDs should follow this kind of combination: Green flashing – booting up Red/Blue alternating – beginning firmware flash Solid Red or Blue – firmware flash in progress Green flashing – rebooting Blue flashing – upgrade complete, arming mode ready See how this goes. If there are still problems I would check the filename and verify the checksum (maybe Windows is playing around with the file as it copies it) again. If there are STILL problems, I would suspect that the problem is to do with the PS missing the module that tells it to update if there's an upgrade.bin on the USB.
Sebkinne Posted January 9, 2018 Posted January 9, 2018 1 hour ago, Dave-ee Jones said: If there are STILL problems, I would suspect that the problem is to do with the PS missing the module that tells it to update if there's an upgrade.bin on the USB. If that were the case it wouldn't launch any payloads.
Dave-ee Jones Posted January 9, 2018 Posted January 9, 2018 2 hours ago, Sebkinne said: If that were the case it wouldn't launch any payloads. I'm just throwing stupid ideas around, man. I guess I should be encouraged since you gave no advice, otherwise I would probably be wrong with what I had said earlier.
Irukandji Posted January 9, 2018 Posted January 9, 2018 Try to do a factory reset. I had to do one on my squirrel when accidentally interrupted the update.
spencer6524@gmail.cpm Posted February 11, 2018 Posted February 11, 2018 Any update or solution on this topic? I'm having the same issue. I have formatted my USB drive to spec and can get into the Squirrel via SSH, but when I copy either of the firmware .bin files(1.1 or 1.2) to the USB drive, insert it into the Squirrel and power up (with the switch to the far right) it boots up without upgrading the firmware. I re-formatted the drive from the squirrel, but my windows box wouldn't recognize the drive after. So, I assume the USB was found on the squirrel, but not formatted to a windows format. Any help would be appreciated. I have confirmed that I am currently on firmware 1.0. Thank you, 6524
Ph0xy Posted November 1, 2018 Posted November 1, 2018 @spencer6524@gmail.cpm format the drive via the packet squirrel's "reformat_usb" command, then move the upgrade file & try again. I ran into the same issue and this fixed it.
JDL Posted August 21, 2019 Posted August 21, 2019 On 11/1/2018 at 1:56 PM, Ph0xy said: @spencer6524@gmail.cpm format the drive via the packet squirrel's "reformat_usb" command, then move the upgrade file & try again. I ran into the same issue and this fixed it. +1 for this. Just got mine and trying to upgrade using 2 different flash drives formatted NTFS and EXT4 by two different computers (Windows and Kali/gparted) all failed. (followed directions and verified sha256sum after copy to drive, tried 2.0, 3.0, and 3.1 firmware files) Put a drive in a used "reformat_usb", upgrade to 2.0 worked first time, then upgrade to 3.0 worked first time. Seems like the device is particular about something about the filesystem. If others are having trouble (just boots into arming mode, seemingly ignoring the upgrade file on the flash drive), try this method.
Irukandji Posted August 21, 2019 Posted August 21, 2019 It's bug with the ntfs and VFAT formatted USB storage. I had to sftp over the update file and do the pineapple manual firmware upgrade.
JDL Posted August 21, 2019 Posted August 21, 2019 10 hours ago, Jtyle6 said: It's bug with the ntfs and VFAT formatted USB storage. I had to sftp over the update file and do the pineapple manual firmware upgrade. I was upgrading from 1.0. I tried to upgrade to 2.0, 3.0, and 3.1. All failed until I formatted the drive using "reformat_usb". Is this bug known to exist in 1.0 firmware as well?
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