Installation of ML on T3i

[Robo18]

I just purchased a T3i hoping to install ML. I successfully upgraded the Canon firmware to 1.0.2. I formatted the card in camera and installed the unzipped 2018-7-3 nightly build in the SD card's root directory. The message I get consistently is that the card contains no firmware updates. Is there something I'm missing? Appreciate any help you can give me.

[Walter Schulz]

 Check if there is a file named "ML-SETUP.FIR" on your card.
If not: It should. Check zip content and copy it to card.
If: Give some info about your card. There may be issues with SDXC, try SDHC (if any) or create a partition < 32 GByte and retry (after copying again, of course).

[Robo18]

Thanks for getting back to me Walter.

I checked the unzipped file and it did contain the ML-SETUP.FIR file. I tried two different cards in case there was an issue: both are Sandisk Extreme Pro 16GB SDHC I Class 10 (one is U1 the other is U3).

I'd be interested in how to partition the SD card in a fashion that would trigger a firmware update. Don't know if it matters, but I'm running Mac Mojave.

Appreciate your help!

[Walter Schulz]

Please clarify: Is there an ML-SETUP.FIR in card's root directory or not?

[dfort]

Following up on Walter's post--does your card's root directory look like this?

[Robo18]

Thanks Walter and dfort!

Putting the the 3 files in the root directory, naked as it were, did the trick. Being a non-programmer and a newb to ML (and a Nikon shooter to boot) I didn't realize I needed to delete the DCIM and MISC files after formatting in the camera. Thanks for taking time to help me.

[Walter Schulz]

You don't need to delete DCIM and MISC.

Installation instructions from download page:

1   Make sure you are running Canon firmware 1.0.2.
2   Format the card from the camera.
3   Copy ML files on the card and run Firmware Update.
4   After installation, copy your ROM files (ML/LOGS on the card) to a safe place.

@a1ex: Maybe changing 3 into "Copy extracted ML files on the card and run Firmware Update"?

Yes, I know: Then we get users trying to decompress Autoexec.bin ...
You can't win. Linking a snapshot like dfort's?

[Robo18]

That'll help. You'll want to make sure they (me) don't just copy the nightly build folder over as it wouldn't satisfy the root directory requirement. Us newbs are a literal bunch!

[Robo18]

Yes and the nightly build folder is part of the unzip. I get it, you're tired of asking if the computer is plugged in.

[a1ex]

@a1ex: Maybe changing 3 into "Copy extracted ML files on the card and run Firmware Update"?

Something like this? https://builds.magiclantern.fm/700D-115.html

I'd like to move the image to the right side; some help with CSS would be welcome.

[Walter Schulz]

Thanks! Content itself looks good.

Still some design work to do, I think. Appearance before was kind of slim, column-like. More or less in line with the button bars. Now it's out of alignment, so to say. Gained too much in the waist IMO.
Design issues may be personal.