Can we have a mac colorado update sticky?

[gallet]

I've just spent an hour on the phone to Garmin support, (again). Last time they sent me the 2.51 beta update file so I could place it on the 'rado. However after my latest hour and a promise to email it again, it has not turned up.

 

I thought that it was a special gupdate.GCD file. That's what they sent last time but mac tech support tells me that all they will do is update a colorado and then pull the file out of the 'remote software' folder on the 'rado and send me that.

 

Anyway, it's a bit ridiculous for us mac users without ready PC access to go through this charade and since it's just a matter of placing the file for download and seeing as Garmin just can't seem to manage it, I was wondering if we could have a sticky where, someone could upload the .GCD file after updating their 'rado, so us mac users can get the beta firmware too.

 

Failing that would someone with the 2.54 beta installed, be able to email me the file?

[+g-o-cashers]

I uploaded the 2.54 gupdate.gcd file from my 400t's [drive]:\Garmin\gupdate.gcd to the wiki. It is located in G10 on the General Information page.

 

Can you let me know how you do the upgrade from this point? Do you just copy it into [drive]:\Garmin and reboot or is there something else you need to do?

 

GO$Rs

[gallet]

fantastic. here's the mail from tech support.

 

This is to follow up with our conversation Friday regarding your

Colorado 300. I've attached the 2.51 update file. You want to save this

file in the "Garmin" folder on your Colorado. See the attached

screenshot to get an idea of what this should look like. Once the file

is copied, allow your Colorado to power on. Then, the update should be

complete. I hope this helps.

 

 

EDIT: Tech support gave me the impression that once a 'rado has been updated by the normal mode, that the GCD file can then be given to someone to load to their device. However this is incorrect. After the machine boots the GCD file disappears. The specialist mac tech support person was refering to the GCD file inside the RemoteSW folder which is only a 256kb file and is not the same thing at all. The big 7Mb GCD file is placed outside the RemoteSW folder and vanishes upon booting.

Edited July 12, 2008 by gallet

[+twolpert]

That's correct. The update files downloaded to the unit are somehow merged with the files on the unit. This occurs during the first boot after the update files are downloaded. The update files themselves are deleted after that boot. I am not sure whether or not the resulting merged files can be used on other units.

 

Although the firmware appears to be the same, I am also not sure about the advisability of using updates intended for one model (say the 400t) on another model (say the 300).