Updating the GR8NET

UPDATE: There's a new and easier way to update your GR8NET. Look here.

The GR8NET is a beautiful piece of equipment. It's not always user-friendly though and the manual can be overwhelming. Here are the steps I took for the lastest update to v0.12

First of all, I am not responsible for your device! ALWAYS consult the MANUAL and draw your OWN conclusions!

That said, this is what worked on MY device when I updated from v0.11 to v0.12

• Boot in mapper 0 ( holding cursor down while booting )
  
  
• Check your current version with CALL NETVER.
  STOP HERE IF YOUR CURRENT VERSION IS LOWER THAN 0.8 !! See manual.

MAKE SURE YOU USE THE CORRECT FILE NAMES AND POSITIONS! A wrong combo will brick your GR8NET.

• First flash FPGA at position 0
  
  CALL NETBROWSE
  Select Internet and search for: software/firmware/gr8net/gr8net-fpga-reg.bin
  (press space)
  
  CALL FLUPDATE(0)
  (don't reset the computer!) 
  
  
  
• Optionally flash the MP3 firmware at position 4
  
  CALL NETBROWSE
  Select Internet and search for: software/firmware/gr8net/gr8net-fpga-mp3.bin
  (press space)
  
  CALL FLUPDATE(4)
  (don't reset the computer!)
  
  
  
• Finally flash chip firmware :
  
  CALL NETBROWSE
  search for: software/firmware/gr8net/update.bin
  (press space)
  
  CALL NETFWUPDATE(3)
  (wait till it's done, it will take some time)
  
  
  
• Turn the MSX off and on again.
  
  
  

I recorded the process in case you're interested. It's a bit shoddy, but good enough to follow along.

UPDATE -- After updating last time, I noticed my internet wasn't working. Turns out the DHCP that automatically obtains an IP address was disabled. Turn it back on using:

CALL NETDHCP
to enable DHCP and then

CALL NETSAVE
to make it permanent each time you boot.