[LinuxBIOS] howto flash a self made bios with original flashtool (because flashrom doesn't work)
Hi, 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 ? -- Gruß Dieter -- I do not get viruses because I do not use MS software. If you use Outlook then please do not put my email address in your address-book so that WHEN you get a virus it won't use my address in the From field.
On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 05:34:53PM +0200, Dieter Bloms wrote:
Hi,
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 ?
-- Gruß
Dieter
Which board is this? Luc Verhaegen.
Hi, On Wed, May 30, Luc Verhaegen wrote:
On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 05:34:53PM +0200, Dieter Bloms wrote:
Hi,
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 ?
Which board is this?
it is a commell lv671 board: http://www.commell.com.tw/Support/SBC/LV-671(S).htm -- Gruß Dieter -- I do not get viruses because I do not use MS software. If you use Outlook then please do not put my email address in your address-book so that WHEN you get a virus it won't use my address in the From field.
On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 06:04:29PM +0200, Dieter Bloms wrote:
Hi,
it is a commell lv671 board:
Right, this board has an award bios. The chip and board enables are easy to spot and as such it will be easy to convert this to C routines for flashrom. I will be very happy to do this when i have the time, which is, at the earliest, somewhere next week. Luc Verhaegen.
Hi, On Thu, May 31, Luc Verhaegen wrote:
The chip and board enables are easy to spot and as such it will be easy to convert this to C routines for flashrom. I will be very happy to do this when i have the time, which is, at the earliest, somewhere next week.
I'm hooked for the great support from all your developers ! Yesterday I tried uniflash and it does flash my bios (ok my bios doesn't work, but this an another issue ;). There is the source code available at http://www.uniflash.org/download/us140.zip I will test your patches. -- Gruß Dieter -- I do not get viruses because I do not use MS software. If you use Outlook then please do not put my email address in your address-book so that WHEN you get a virus it won't use my address in the From field.
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. -- http://www.hermann-uwe.de | http://www.holsham-traders.de http://www.crazy-hacks.org | http://www.unmaintained-free-software.org
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