All gents Thanks again for helping so much. If my chipset is flashable, then does this two step process work?
Read the BIOS image into a file: $ flashrom -r backup.bin Write a BIOS image (proprietary or LinuxBIOS) on the ROM chip: $ flashrom -wv newbios.bin thanks! On 11/6/10, Ian Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > That's strange. A poster named idwer at #flashrom said that it's an > old chipset and not supported. Who should I believe? :S > > On 11/6/10, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Hi Ian, >> >> On 06.11.2010 13:01, Ian Clark wrote: >>> I'm using the Intel D848PMB chipset and I'd like to flash the BIOS >>> (because it seems to have gotten a bit messed up after the battery >>> died. I changed the batt but it still doesn't detect hardware well). >>> >>> I've already checked to see if my chipset is supported, and it is. >>> >>> Ran "sudo flashrom" and got >>> >>> -desktop:~$ sudo flashrom >>> flashrom v0.9.1-r946 >>> No coreboot table found. >>> Found chipset "Intel ICH5/ICH5R", enabling flash write... OK. >>> This chipset supports the following protocols: Non-SPI. >>> Calibrating delay loop... OK. >>> Found chip "Intel 82802AB" (512 KB, FWH) at physical address 0xfff80000. >>> >> >> Flashing should work fine with that chip. We recommend to use a newer >> flashrom version, but your version should work fine if you can't upgrade >> easily. >> >> Regards, >> Carl-Daniel >> >> -- >> http://www.hailfinger.org/ >> >> > > > -- > 陶氏哲學服務 > -- 陶氏哲學服務 _______________________________________________ flashrom mailing list [email protected] http://www.flashrom.org/mailman/listinfo/flashrom
