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Adventures with the Bus Pirate
I finally got my Bus Pirate from Seeed Studio today 
( I was one of the Pre-order 2 lot.) Unfortunately though, there was a bit of a problem with mine. No firmware was loaded on it at the factory!!?? It seems like one of those things you make sure is on your to-do list with devices like this but the problem is easilly solved.
Anyway, after emailing Seeed, they pointed me in the direction of this forum thread which explains the problem. There is also a blog post at dangerousprototypes.com which explains how to obtain the firmware and upload it onto the Bus Pirate. A word of warning: You will need a jumper handy to complete the process. Just salvage one off of an old Hard Drive or something, that’s what I did.
Hope this is useful to others who may be having the same problems. I should hopefully (money and time permitting) be doing some fun stuff with this little device over the coming months so stay tuned.
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about 11 months ago
I had the same problem… really confusing. Though you do not need the jumper, as the pic automatically starts the bootloader, when no firmware is loaded.
about 11 months ago
You’re right. You only need the jumper for subsequent upgrades. I should have read the whole Blog entry before typing up the post. Sorry about that.