Re: Flash BIOS under linux
Rogier Wolff (R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl)
Fri, 2 Apr 1999 09:42:56 +0200 (MEST)
H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Followup to: <Pine.LNX.3.96.990401162331.5628A-100000@moppsy.comp.glam.ac.uk>
> By author: "Dave Jones." <djones2@glam.ac.uk>
> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> >
> > Bit sceptical about testing the flash WRITE part though :)
> > Anyone got a spare VP3 motherboard they don't particularly want ?!
> >
> > Though I understand some of them dont erase the entire flash,
> > and keep a part, that has the ability to boot a floppy and reflash,
> > but thats it. Anyone ever had to fall back on this ?
> > I'd hate to be the first to try it out !
> >
>
> Just make sure yours really do! It does work, but you get no video,
> nothing while it does its thing.
The motherboards that I've seen, have a jumper that allows writing to
the only-boot-floppy-to-reflash part.
When I've had to upgrade my BIOS, the official dos-program said it
wanted to write to the "dangerous" part, and required me to move the
jumper.
Roger.
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