Unable to back up KiwiSDR v1
I spent quite some time setting up all the details in my Kiwi SDR v1 yesterday.
Today, I powered it down and placed the SD card into the slot to use the backup facility on the menu to write the current software version to the card.
I powered it up - it took forever to come back up.
It now seems to have lost all the settings and is sitting at Factory Default.
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Did you use a new SD card, or the one that came with the Kiwi?
If you used the card that came with the Kiwi, it sounds like you reflashed the Kiwi with the original backup image.
To back it up, you wanted to insert the SD card while the Kiwi was still powered, run the backup process, then remove the SD card. If you have the SD card inserted while powering the Kiwi up, it will reflash itself with the image that is on that card.
It was the card that came with the Kiwi.
So much for all that work.
Am pretty bummed out about this.
I am going to shut down and sleep on this.
Perhaps I will feel better to try again tomorrow.
Thank You Nitroengine for your response.
From our documentation:
In case you are unfamiliar with the process of installing software on a Beagle here's how it works. The micro-SD card is what's known as a 'flasher'. Each time you boot your Beagle from the micro-SD card it will copy its contents to the on-board flash memory (eMMC) of your Beagle. In other words all the software previously installed on your Beagle will be completely overwritten and lost. So be very careful in using a flasher micro-SD. Remember, the copy operation will only occur when you boot from a micro-SD flasher. It is possible to insert a flasher micro-SD into a running system so that it may be read or re-written like any other card. But be certain to remove it immediately after you're done. Otherwise the next time you reboot the Beagle the flashing operation will begin (if the card is still a flasher). Even we make this mistake occasionally and it is very annoying to lose all your work that is stored on the Beagle's on-board filesystem.