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How to upgrade the firmware of an old MBox 2 so it will work in Linux

Upgrading Avid (Nee digidesign) MBox2 Firmware

READ THIS FIRST

do this method instead. Thanks @halogeeni!

The back story

Found a free mbox 2 on craigslist. Picked it up, thinking it would unlock protools LE at least right? And maybe work on linux? Right??

slow

This bash script offers quick shortcuts to simulate slower network connections. It is useful when you need to simulate a wireless network on a Linux network server, especially when you are using a virtual machine guest on your local machine or in the cloud.

slow 3G                   # Slow network on default eth0 down to 3G wireless speeds
slow 3G -l 600ms -p 10%   # slow network on eth0 and setup latency to 600ms packetloss to 10%
slow reset                # Reset connection for default eth0 to normal
slow vsat --latency=500ms # Simulate satellite internet  with a high latency

slow dsl -b 1mbps # Simulate DSL with a slower speed than the default