On Sat, Sep 08, 2007 at 08:21:07PM +0100, Chris Lingard wrote:
Peter Stuge wrote:
For the hardware mod you would need:
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Thank you, that is brilliant.
Note that I have not tested it since I don't have the board, but in theory it should work based on the measurements done by others.
Will start sourcing SST25LF040A on Monday, then rebook the workshop.
No guarantees from me that it will work - but if you still want to give it a go we sure would appreciate hearing from you when it's done.
I think there are some more electronics savvy people reading the list who could try the mod on their own boards with less effort than booking a workshop - to confirm that it actually works in practice. But if you can't wait I completely understand! =)
My second newbie dumb question. If I make copies of the Factory BIOS on a floppy, I can overwrite one of them with LinuxBios. I then use the BIOS, and when it asks for confirmation, I switch over to the new chip, and hope. (The Gigabyte BIOS can overwrite itself, press <end> key during post to enter Q-flash)
Yes - make copies of the factory BIOS. Several of them, ideally.
I'd even recommend flashing the factory BIOS into the new chip and then going back to the shop and replacing one flash chip with a blank one so you know you have one working flash chip safely stored away from the board.
I would also recommend using a flashing program separate from the one in the factory BIOS however, since Q-flash may be making assumptions about the flash chip contents (since it knows it is stored in flash) which are no longer true when you flip the switch, and could cause the flashing to fail.
But it could also just work. :)
//Peter