Upload to generic

[Carl Peto]

      I am new to LinuxBIOS but have years of Linux experience.

I would like to upgrade my test PC to LinuxBIOS but do not want to replace
the existing motherboard.

Is it possible to "flash" LinuxBIOS into a standard motherboard, like mine.
I have an ASUS motherboard K7A or something like that.

Also if I do this and it goes wrong, can I undo it or do I have to go to the
manufacturer and pretend that I don't know how it broke? :)

Thanks,
Carl Peto

[Hendricks David W.]

      Yes, that is possible. However, Asus sometimes does some weird stuff with 
their SMbus, so it might not be possible to make a port for your 
mainboard without some documentation from Asus.

On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Carl Peto wrote:

  I am new to LinuxBIOS but have years of Linux
experience.
 
 I would like to upgrade my test PC to LinuxBIOS but do not want to replace
 the existing motherboard.
 
 Is it possible to "flash" LinuxBIOS into a standard motherboard, like mine.
 I have an ASUS motherboard K7A or something like that.
 
 Also if I do this and it goes wrong, can I undo it or do I have to go to the
 manufacturer and pretend that I don't know how it broke? :)
 
 Thanks,
 Carl Peto
 
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[Carl Peto]

      Thank you.  Is there a FAQ or HOWTO for how to flash like this or is it just
straightforward and easily picked up from the LinuxBIOS documentation?



Also I think I'd better have some option to get the old BIOS back,
especially if I'm going to ask ASUS how to do all this - otherwise their
likely answer will be "if you do this you break your board and we will not
fix it for you - you'll need to get a new one".

I don't know if there's some standard way to get a PC to "revert to factory
BIOS" with a key combination on bootup or something?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hendricks David W." <dwh(a)lanl.gov&gt;
To: "Carl Peto" <carl(a)bookmanassociates.com&gt;
Cc: "LinuxBIOS" <linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org&gt;
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 9:57 PM
Subject: Re: Upload to generic


  Yes, that is possible. However, Asus sometimes does
some weird stuff with
 their SMbus, so it might not be possible to make a port for your
 mainboard without some documentation from Asus.

 On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Carl Peto wrote:

 > I am new to LinuxBIOS but have years of Linux experience.
 >
 > I would like to upgrade my test PC to LinuxBIOS but do not want to
replace
  > the existing motherboard.
 >
 > Is it possible to "flash" LinuxBIOS into a standard motherboard, like
mine.
  > I have an ASUS motherboard K7A or something like
that.
 >
 > Also if I do this and it goes wrong, can I undo it or do I have to go to
the
  manufacturer
and pretend that I don't know how it broke? :)

 Thanks,
 Carl Peto

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