File Arrangement; How The Program Works; Example - Ricoh G108 Service Manual

5.2.3 FILE ARRANGEMENT

How The Program Works

The firmware-updating program of the machine searches the folder romdata for
necessary firmware. Name the folder "romdata" when you save the firmware in a
SD card. You must not make the folder romdata in any other folder. But you can
make more than one folder in the folder romdata. The firmware-updating program
searches all folders if they located within romdata.
Each firmware program contains the file information. The firmware-updating
program reads the file information before it downloads the firmware from an SD
card. The firmware is downloaded only when the file information is correct.
NOTE: The file information identifies the firmware. But this information does not
guarantee that the firmware data is not corrupted.
• For the G108 printer, the SD card cannot have been previously formatted using a
windows FAT16, FAT32 or NTFS file system. To properly re-format the SD card
(original format) for use with this product download and use the utility available
as a download from...
http://panasonic.jp/support/audio/sd/download/sd_formatter_e.html
NOTE: If this web address is no longer valid, search Panasonic's website and
other locations on the Internet for an SD Card format utility.

Example

Keep folders and files as follows when you
save the firmware:
• In the folder romdata, make another folder.
Use this folder only for one machine. Use
the machine code as the name of this folder.
• Make a new folder in the folder romdata
when you save the firmware of another
machine. Give it a name as above-
mentioned. (The diagram illustrates an
example. The folder romdata has three
folders: B130, B146, and G106. Each folder
is for a different machine.)
• Make a new folder outside romdata when
you save files that are not firmware. Keep
the files in this folder. Do not keep files
outside the folders. (The diagram illustrates
an example. Three folders, log, nvramdata,
and prt, are outside romdata. These folders
can keep debug logs, NVRAM data, and
captured files.)
SM
log
nvramdata
prt
romdata
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FIRMWARE UPDATE
B130
B146
G108
G1081111.fwu
G1082222.fwu
G1083333.fwu
G108S906.WMF
G108