[coreboot] assistance with updating my bios

[Elia Yehuda]

Hi all,

I'm trying to play with coreboot to flash my bios on my PC, with no success.
here are the computer hardware information followed by the commands I'm
trying to execute.

<INFO BEGIN>
cpu:         Socket370 Intel Pentium III Celeron
northbridge:    Intel 82810E
southbridge:    Intel 8281AA
mainboard:    810 R 4.1 with lan
super i/o:    Winbond W8362F-AW
bios device:    ST M50FW002

lspci ooutput:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82810E DC-133 (GMCH) Graphics Memory
Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82810E DC-133 (CGC)
Chipset Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801AA PCI Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801AA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801AA IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801AA USB Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801AA SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801AA AC'97 Audio
Controller (rev 02)
01:05.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
<INFO END>

$ flashrom -f -r -c M50FW016 mydump
Calibrating delay loop... OK.
No coreboot table found.
Found chipset "Intel ICH", enabling flash write... OK.
No EEPROM/flash device found.
Force read (-f -r -c) requested, forcing chip probe success:
Found chip "ST M50FW016" (2048 KB) at physical address 0xffe00000.
Force reading flash...done

$ flashrom -f -w -c M50FW016 mydump
Calibrating delay loop... OK.
No coreboot table found.
Found chipset "Intel ICH", enabling flash write... OK.
No EEPROM/flash device found.

I'd appreciate any assistance as all this flashing stuff is new to me.
Basically what i'm trying to accomplish is having my linux system running as
the payload, but i'm stuck with even re-writing the same bios-dump i've just
read from the bios... I'll post any further information required to diagnose
this further.

thanks in advance,
Elia Yehuda.
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