[mythtv-users] Nova-T-500 Big problem

[Nicolas Will]

On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 12:35 +0000, Ben Ward wrote:
> Or possibly because the PCI-shaped (but actually USB) Nova-T 500 has
> two startup modes I believe.  I wasn't able to upgrade my card with
> the new firmware until I cold started the whole machine.  If you
> switch it off rather than reboot it loads up firmware from somewhere
> magic which I used to know but can't remember any more.

cold start (going through a power down, sor example): The card loses
power and has an empty memory, firmware needs to be reloaded, not from
somewhere "magic", but usually from /lib/firmware (or another place
depending on your distro).

hot start (a reboot, for example): the card never loses power, so the
firmware does not need to be reloaded. It does not appear from anywhere
"magic", it is just still there, in the right place.

Nico