This is the ROMICE I used:
http://www.romtools.com/romtools/p116045.html
However it is pricy. The following smaller model would also work:
http://www.romtools.com/romtools/p104045.html
If you are not futzing with the internals of the BIOS a lot, then using a MTD driver and burning from a PC is fine. I only used the romICE because I had it laying around and it makes things very quick (i.e. when the build is done, the device downloads for two seconds and automatically hits reset on the board).
Kevin
On Tuesday 29 October 2002 15:27, Kevin Hester wrote:
I've used an ICE and also a burner to write the FLASH. I haven't yet tried to burn the flash "in system" from some linux app, but it should be pretty straightforard MTD futzing.
(On Tuesday 29 October 2002 14:08, Randall Craig wrote:
Are you using a eeprom burner for the bios on the via?
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Hi,
How big is the linuxbios? and how much space is available on the epia boards? if it's not enough, what is the cheapest chip that can be used?
Jody