Flash Writer for Linux

[Antonio Dias]

Hello all,

Does anyone know of a good and working flash writer for Linux? I'm willing
to update my mainboards with a new flash image and I would like to use
Linux and only Linux tools.

Thanks in advance,
Antonio Dias

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[Jeff Garzik]

Antonio Dias wrote:
> Does anyone know of a good and working flash writer for Linux? I'm willing
> to update my mainboards with a new flash image and I would like to use
> Linux and only Linux tools.

There is devbios.

However, it is silly to limit yourself in such a way.

I have a FreeDOS bootable disk image I keep on my hard drive.  Whenever
I need to load (w/ loadbios) or flash (w/ amiflash) a new bios, I just
write that image, and my new ROM, to the diskette.  Sure all of my
development is done under Linux, but you shouldn't close yourself to
other alternatives.

If you get heavily into coding OpenBIOS, you will probably prefer MS-DOS
(or FreeDOS), because it is much closer to the BIOS on which you are
hacking.

[Edwin Rhodes]

could i have a copy (image) of this disk?
thanks
edwin
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff Garzik 
To: 
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 7:05 AM
Subject: Re: [OpenBIOS] Flash Writer for Linux
> Antonio Dias wrote:
> > Does anyone know of a good and working flash writer for Linux? I'm

willing
> > to update my mainboards with a new flash image and I would like to use
> > Linux and only Linux tools.
>
> There is devbios.
>
> However, it is silly to limit yourself in such a way.
>
> I have a FreeDOS bootable disk image I keep on my hard drive.  Whenever
> I need to load (w/ loadbios) or flash (w/ amiflash) a new bios, I just
> write that image, and my new ROM, to the diskette.  Sure all of my
> development is done under Linux, but you shouldn't close yourself to
> other alternatives.
>
> If you get heavily into coding OpenBIOS, you will probably prefer MS-DOS
> (or FreeDOS), because it is much closer to the BIOS on which you are
> hacking.
>
> To unsubscribe: send mail to [e-mail]
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[Wendell Craig]

Edwin Rhodes wrote:
> could i have a copy (image) of this disk?  thanks
> edwin
> > I have a FreeDOS bootable disk image I keep on my hard drive.

Even better; would you post this code, somewhere FTP-able, and share it
with all of us?  Thanks.