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Keyboard: Add tada68 Linux flashing instructions (qmk#3516)
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rbong authored and ChrissiQ committed Sep 25, 2018
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Expand Up @@ -56,3 +56,30 @@ $ make tada68:default:flashbin
`rm -fr .Trashes/ .fseventsd/ ._.Trashes ._FLASH.bin`

7) Eject the USB device or hit ESC on the keyboard. The lights will stop flashing and your firmware is loaded!

## Flashing Instructions (Linux)

*Use these instructions at your own risk. Mount settings originally found at https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/8e2nnp/help_problems_flashing_firmware_on_tada68_from/*

1) from the `qmk_firmware\` directory run:
```
$ make tada68:default:flashbin
```

2) Connect your keyboard to Windows computer, hit the reset button on the TADA, the lights will start flashing.

3) A new entry should appear at `/dev/sd*`. Mount the board using this command:

```
mount -t vfat -o rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uid=1000,gid=1000,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,showexec,utf8,flush,errors=remount-ro,uhelper=udisks2 <path to device> /mnt/tada68
```

4) Back up the original firmware

`mv /mnt/tada68/FLASH.BIN ~`

5) Copy over your new firmware to the keybaord

`cp <path to your qmk_firmware folder>/FLASH.bin /mnt/tada68`

5) *Do not eject the USB device.* Hit ESC on the keyboard. The lights will stop flashing and your firmware is loaded!

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