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authorDave Hylands <dhylands@gmail.com>2014-10-24 17:43:57 -0700
committerDamien George <damien.p.george@gmail.com>2014-12-23 13:22:32 +0000
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docs: Add mention about using USB charger when resetting the filesystem.
It seems the Mac will happily wipe out at least some of the data on a freshly reset filesytem, if the filesystem was reset while plugged into the Mac.
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@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ The modes are:
filesystem to its factory state, then boots in safe mode.
If your filesystem becomes corrupt, boot into mode 3 to fix it.
+If resetting the filesystem while plugged into your compute doesn't work,
+you can try doing the same procedure while the board is plugged into a USB
+charger, or other USB power supply without data connection.
Errors: flashing LEDs
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