Here come the message files for erase & write:
P.S.: re-sent to the mailinglist from 2016-09-11 since I did not get a response by Jim for some days.
Am 2016-09-11 um 12:57 schrieb Elmar Stellnberger:
Hi Jim Rowan, Hi Readers of the Flashrom List,
Today I have re-tried it with the newest flashrom and the patch at http://patchwork.coreboot.org/patch/4127
- and see it worked (attachement).
board name: Gericom Frontman, L372N1 ( EON EN29F040A )
Regards, Elmar
Am 2016-09-02 um 23:04 schrieb Elmar Stellnberger:
Today I have tried flashrom on a rather old L372N1 computer (PIV 2,8Ghz, GC Frontman):
flashrom v0.9.7-r1711 on Linux 3.14.50-std460-i586 (i686) flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org
Calibrating delay loop... OK. Active config mode, unknown reg 0x20 ID: ea. Please send the output of "flashrom -V" to flashrom@flashrom.org with W836xx: your board name: flashrom -V as the subject to help us finish support for your Super I/O. Thanks. Found chipset "SiS 645DX". Enabling flash write... OK. No EEPROM/flash device found. Note: flashrom can never write if the flash chip isn't found automatically.
The BIOS Chip on the mainboard can be accessed easily; it is placed inside a special hanger and appears to be replacable. There is a sticker on the BIOS Chip saying:
686 AMIBIOS NBEC(c)2000 BA31 8603
installed BIOS: Amibios v1.54, 10/15/2003, Version 1.08G
The current BIOS there has some disadvantages like support with old style disks up to a maximum of 160GB (manual Cylinder-Head-Sector configuration); today I have tried it with a 64GB SSD IDE disk and the BIOS can not boot from it ( CD + floppy boot is o.k.).
How do you believe are the chances to get flashrom running on that machine or to exchange the BIOS with a newer one?
Elmar
P.S.: I have attached some more information about the system as I was unsure which one would help you.
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Elmar Stellnberger