On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:29:06 -0800 Terry Greenlee aixadmin@aixadm.org wrote:
Attached is the output from "flashrom -V" as the output requested. I backed up the running BIOS with AFUDOS and flashrom getting different sum values under fedora 18.
$ sum *.ROM 19558 4096 SGIBIOS.ROM
$ sum *.rom 16753 4096 MX25L3205A.rom
That's normal nowadays if the computer is rebooted in between reads. The firmware uses the flash as persistent storage for variables and logs.
I'm getting ready to flash over the SGI BIOS with the latest Supermicro and I'm worried about using flashrom instead of AFUDOS.
Let me know if anyone is interested in helping my efforts.
Probably too late, but I don't see any problems in the log that would discourage from using flashrom. Just keep a backup to be safe.