[LinuxBIOS] cant detect bios with flash software {Scanned}

[Stefan Reinauer]

* Stefan Reinauer <stepan at coresystems.de> [060630 21:49]:
> > Im not sure what u mean by verifing that the image starts 25 a6??? are
> > you talking about an image file taken from the BIOS using VIAs flash
> > utility?
>  
> I thought that might be the vendor and device id. In fact it is 8c and
> 00, as it is a 256kb part

Ok, can you please check out revision 2336. I checked in some untested
support for your flash part.

Can you try the following:


Please be careful which chip you use at a time. If you mess the order up
you will most likely render your system unusable ...


1. make a copy of your bios:

   switch to the EFST, then do:

    ./flashrom -r legacybios.bin


2. write the copy to your bios savior

   switch to the bios savior (Winbond W49F002U)

    ./flashrom -w legacybios.bin

3. Verify the copy in the bios savior

    ./flashrom -v legacybios.bin


4. Overwrite the EMST flash to see if the new flashbios version works

   switch to the EMST again!

    dd if=/dev/zero of=nullbios.bin bs=256k count=1
    ./flashbios -w nullbios.bin
    ./flashbios -v nullbios.bin

   (it should say "verified" here!!!!)

   then you can write the original bios back to the EMST so you have
   two valid copies for playing later.

   ./flashbios -w legacybios.bin
   ./flashbios -v legacybios.bin   


Please post the results here..


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