How to Flash a New USB Initboot for TOS on Windows PC？

[User009]

-425 models do not use the traditional plug-in usb flash drive. They use a daughter-board flash card mounted on the motherboard (USB-DOM).

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What it Does in Your F4-425The Hardware: 
It is a tiny, proprietary daughter board attached to an internal USB header via a standoff and secured with a single screw.
The Function: 
It contains a small amount of flash memory (historically 1GB–4GB, but updated to a compact ~250MB Flashdisc in the 425-series). Its sole purpose is to store the lightweight initboot / bootloader for TerraMaster's TOS operating system.

That's good to know! Is there a possibility to reflash it, in case it gets corrupted (or overwritten by third-party operating systems)?

[Gremlin]

Standard mainboard USB plug (varieties available on-line) - Picture here:
viewtopic.php?p=55280&hilit=usb+dom#p55280

[User009]

Standard mainboard USB plug (varieties available on-line) - Picture here:
viewtopic.php?p=55280&hilit=usb+dom#p55280

Great! This should be much more reliable. Is there an image avaliable to download, if this module was overwritten?

[MikeZhang]

You may download image from the link: https://download3.terra-master.com/TOS% ... ot_1.3.img

[Gremlin]

That posted file link appears to be the same file as linked in the original post in this thread - ie Tos 6 UEFI 150MB
I don't know if that will use Tos7 as a default, given that on-line update from 6 -> 7 is not yet available. Maybe a Tos7 version will be made available in due course.

[obvious]

Hello, Is there a new initboot image for TOS7 yet?