cloing esp8266 firmware

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Anthony asked 3 years ago

I have trouble compiling the original sketch but I have a working copy in an ESP8266. Is it possible to read back the firmware from that esp8266 (NodeMcu) and copy onto another esp8266? I read that it is possible to use the esptool.py to do that but don’t know how?

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Sara Santos Staff answered 3 years ago

Hi Anthony.
I think this page explains exactly what you want to do:

https://steve.fi/hardware/backup-and-restore/

I hope this helps.
Regards,
Sara

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Anthony answered 3 years ago

Thank you. Can this commands be executed from a Windows PC? It seems to me that these commands are run from a Linux sysem.

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Sara Santos Staff answered 3 years ago

Hi.
You can run them from a windows PC using the Command Prompt.
Regards,
Sara