Various BP6 issues noticed during failed firmware update

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thread started Flashing bootloader on nRF52840 with BP6 - #24 by petaflot

after a number of tries, it mounted in a few seconds as expected. I copied bus_pirate6.uf2 on it, nothing happend after a while, so I did

gentx ~ # sync
gentx ~ # umount /mnt/usb/

unplug, wait a few secs, replug

gentx ~ # mount /dev/sde1 /mnt/usb/
gentx ~ # ls !$
ls /mnt/usb/
BPCONFIG.BP  bus_pirate6.uf2

I then notice dmesg reports FAT-fs (sde1): Volume was not properly unmounted. Some data may be corrupt. Please run fsck. (which as you can see from the above, is not correct)

gentx ~ # umount /mnt/usb/
gentx ~ # fsck /dev/sde1
fsck de util-linux 2.41
fsck.fat 4.2 (2021-01-31)
There is no label in boot sector, but there is volume label 'BUS_PIRATE5' stored in root directory
1) Copy volume label from root directory to boot sector
2) Remove volume label from root directory
[12?q]? q
No changes have been written to the filesystem yet. If you choose
to quit, it will be left in the same state it was in before you
started this program.
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it appears you copied the firmware to the internal flash instead of loading it via bootloader.

You need to enter the bootloader with the $ command in the terminal, or use a tool to press the button on the bottom and then plug in the USB cable.

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