{
 "id": "machine-bootloader-always-raises-oserror-errno-5-through",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "machine.bootloader() always raises OSError Errno 5 through mpremote \u2014 that traceback is success, not failure",
 "symptom": "Every single `mpremote connect <port> exec 'import machine; machine.bootloader()'` call ends with OSError: [Errno 5] Input/output error and a non-zero exit status, on every cycle, even though the board reaches BOOTSEL perfectly.",
 "hw": [
  "rp2350",
  "pico2",
  "rp2040"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "micropython",
  "mpremote"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "intent": "Automate putting an RP2040/RP2350 board into its UF2 bootloader from a script, as the first stage of an unattended reflash loop",
 "date": "2026-08-19",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "body": "",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check"
 ],
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}