This is a detailed, research-oriented look into — a low-level SD card flashing tool primarily used for Allwinner SoC (System on Chip) devices, such as various single-board computers (Orange Pi, Banana Pi), set-top boxes, and tablets. 1. Overview & Purpose PhoenixCard is a Windows-based utility designed to write firmware images to SD cards for Allwinner-based ARM devices. Version 4.1.2 is one of the later releases of the classic version (before PhoenixCard 5.x introduced UI/feature changes).
For most modern single-board computers (Raspberry Pi, newer Rockchip boards), tools like dd , Raspberry Pi Imager, or Etcher are safer and more reliable. However, for or Banana Pi M1/M2 , v4.1.2 is often the only tool that correctly writes the proprietary boot sector. If you need a specific hex-level breakdown of the PhoenixCard image header or the exact SCSI commands used, I can provide that in a follow-up.
Phoenixcard V4.1.2 [ NEWEST × 2024 ]
This is a detailed, research-oriented look into — a low-level SD card flashing tool primarily used for Allwinner SoC (System on Chip) devices, such as various single-board computers (Orange Pi, Banana Pi), set-top boxes, and tablets. 1. Overview & Purpose PhoenixCard is a Windows-based utility designed to write firmware images to SD cards for Allwinner-based ARM devices. Version 4.1.2 is one of the later releases of the classic version (before PhoenixCard 5.x introduced UI/feature changes).
For most modern single-board computers (Raspberry Pi, newer Rockchip boards), tools like dd , Raspberry Pi Imager, or Etcher are safer and more reliable. However, for or Banana Pi M1/M2 , v4.1.2 is often the only tool that correctly writes the proprietary boot sector. If you need a specific hex-level breakdown of the PhoenixCard image header or the exact SCSI commands used, I can provide that in a follow-up. phoenixcard v4.1.2
Hi Yasser,
That would be nice but unfortunately, this doesn’t work. The SCP server on Cisco IOS doesn’t support this. Only option is to use SCP from the CLI.
Rene
Hi Rene !
When we upgrade IOS of router what about configuration ? Is it still the same ?
I know my question not sound technically cuz I’m new to Networking, but please kindly reply my question.
Sovandara
Hi Sovandara,
You don’t have to worry about your configuration. The startup-configuration is saved in the NVRAM, the IOS image is on the flash memory.
Here is a lesson that explains it in detail:
https://networklessons.com/cisco/ccna-routing-switching-icnd1-100-105/cisco-ios-filesystem
Rene,
Any documentation how to upgrade Cisco IOS on dual superversior (Hitless)? ASR903?