$ sudo esptool --port /dev/ttyUSB0 write_flash -fm dout 0x0000 230917_ahoy_0.7.56_3b4365a_esp8266.bin esptool.py v2.8 Serial port /dev/ttyUSB0 Connecting.... Detecting chip type... ESP8266 Chip is ESP8266EX Features: WiFi Crystal is 26MHz MAC: a8:48:fa:c1:77:4f Enabling default SPI flash mode... Configuring flash size... Auto-detected Flash size: 4MB Erasing flash... Flash params set to 0x0340 Took 2.53s to erase flash block Wrote 577536 bytes at 0x00000000 in 56.7 seconds (81.4 kbit/s)... Leaving... Hard resetting via RTS pin...