Re: [LinuxBIOS] howto flash a self made bios with original flashtool (because flashrom doesn't work)

[Uwe Hermann]

Hi,

On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 05:34:53PM +0200, Dieter Bloms wrote:
> I tried to flash my bios with flashrom, but it can not write to the
> chip, because it may be in a readonly mode.
>
> Does anybody now a workaround ?
>
> awdflash.exe (v8.63c) claims it is not an award bios.
> Is there a hidden switch to assure awdflash to write the image ?

Dunno, but you have multiple options:

- Fix flashrom
 - Use another computer which is supported by flashrom to flash the image
 - Use Uniflash, see uniflash.org
 - Use a hardware programmer (not exactly cheap, though)

Option 1 is the best, of course.

Uwe.