[LinuxBIOS] #67: 24c02 support
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Mon Dec 18 21:34:34 CET 2006
#67: 24c02 support
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Reporter: puzzles | Owner: somebody
Type: enhancement | Status: closed
Priority: minor | Milestone:
Component: code | Version: v2
Resolution: worksforme | Keywords:
Dependencies: | Patchstatus: there is no patch
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Comment (by puzzles):
That's fine for people with LinuxBIOS already in their BIOS, but those
without are SOL.
My situation is that I'm on a Dell Latitude C600 that is in desperate need
of a BIOS upgrade. I have no floppy drives and only Debian is installed,
but the only way to upgrade the flash is by using a floppy disk or doing
it from Windows. So I installed flashrom from unstable:
flashrom - Universal flash programming utility
I don't know if flashrom is LinuxBIOS-specific or if it is as Debian
suggests, 'universal' but there is still a chicken-and-egg problem when
flashing machines that don't already have a LinuxBIOS in place, so I feel
this should be supported.
Here is my output:
$ sudo flashrom
Calibrating delay loop... ok
No LinuxBIOS table found.
Enabling flash write on PIIX4/PIIX4E/PIIX4M...OK
No EEPROM/flash device found.
It also turns out I gave the CMOS part number. I'm still trying to figure
out the actual EEPROM part number without opening my laptop. (I've been in
there, it's annoying.)
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Ticket URL: <http://tracker.linuxbios.org/trac/LinuxBIOS/ticket/67#comment:2>
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