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install [2017/06/30 12:27] – [Troubleshooting] a1exinstall [2021/01/31 21:35] – [Installing Magic Lantern on other cards] lorenzo353
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 For the impatient: just follow the quick install guide from the [[http://builds.magiclantern.fm/|download page]]. For a more thorough description of the install process, including what to do when things go wrong, keep reading. For the impatient: just follow the quick install guide from the [[http://builds.magiclantern.fm/|download page]]. For a more thorough description of the install process, including what to do when things go wrong, keep reading.
  
-Before installing Magic Lanternyou need to:+Before installing Magic Lantern you need to:
  
   * Know how to use a computer (how to download a file, how to unzip an archive, how to browse the web and read the forum...)   * Know how to use a computer (how to download a file, how to unzip an archive, how to browse the web and read the forum...)
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   * If you prefer to skip the firmware update step and prepare your cards from the PC, you may copy ML files on your card and make it bootable with a special utility: **[[http://pel.hu/down/EOScard.exe|EOScard]]** for Windows, **[[http://www.zenoshrdlu.com/macboot/macboot.html|MacBoot]]** for Mac, or **[[https://bitbucket.org/hudson/magic-lantern/src/tip/contrib/make-bootable|make_bootable.sh]]** for Mac/Linux in command line.   * If you prefer to skip the firmware update step and prepare your cards from the PC, you may copy ML files on your card and make it bootable with a special utility: **[[http://pel.hu/down/EOScard.exe|EOScard]]** for Windows, **[[http://www.zenoshrdlu.com/macboot/macboot.html|MacBoot]]** for Mac, or **[[https://bitbucket.org/hudson/magic-lantern/src/tip/contrib/make-bootable|make_bootable.sh]]** for Mac/Linux in command line.
  
 +this table explain where magic strings must be written depending on FAT version (done by tools above):\\
 +^FAT version^Volume Label = "EOS_DEVELOP"^Bootcode+2 = "BOOTDISK"^"SCRIPT"^
 +|FAT12/16 |0x2b/43| 0x40/64 |0x1f0|
 +|FAT32 | 0x47/71 |0x5c/92 |0x1f0| 
 +|ExFAT |0x82/130 |0x7a/122 |0x1f0| VBR checksums must be updated
 ====== Updating Magic Lantern ====== ====== Updating Magic Lantern ======
  
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 ====== Troubleshooting ====== ====== Troubleshooting ======
  
-  * **If the card LED blinks continuously**, please report an issue and show us the LED blinking sequence (a short video will do). In older versions, this used to mean "wrong firmware version", but new builds are now able to show a message on the screen, regardless of your Canon firmware version.+  * **If the card LED blinks continuously AND the camera is unresponsive**, please report an issue and show us the LED blinking sequence (a short video will do). In older versions, this used to mean "wrong firmware version", but new builds are now able to show a message on the screen, regardless of your Canon firmware version.
   * **If you have a different Canon firmware version**, please use the one from our [[http://builds.magiclantern.fm|download page]] (select camera, scroll to Installation).   * **If you have a different Canon firmware version**, please use the one from our [[http://builds.magiclantern.fm|download page]] (select camera, scroll to Installation).
   * **If the screen does not turn on, but autofocus works**, remove the battery and format the card. This happens when the card is bootable, but autoexec.bin is not there.   * **If the screen does not turn on, but autofocus works**, remove the battery and format the card. This happens when the card is bootable, but autoexec.bin is not there.
install.txt · Last modified: 2022/05/18 14:46 by names_are_hard