Holy crap! It works if you blatantly *DONT* follow the documentation and/or the advice of the developers! (Just kidding guys; you all rock ;) Seriously, though, the README under src/mainboard/via/epia-m/ ought to at least note that the setpci command is not necessary on some epia-m's...
Both the original BIOS flash part and the RD1 flash part are recognized. The RD1-PL uses W9F002U and the original BIOS is SST39SF020A like yours. Both flash fine with flash_rom. Thank you very much for clueing me in. Flashing works perfectly! That DOS crap was a pain in the ass; especially since I had to pop the top to add a floppy drive externally... John > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:linuxbios- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin O'Connor > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 7:21 PM > To: John Laur > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: EPIA-M "Magic Potion"? > > On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 12:27:31PM -0600, John Laur wrote: > > You will have to forgive me; I am still pretty green with this whole > > thing. Which model/part number do you need exactly? I have included some > > information here, but if you need to know something else, please just > > let me know, and I'll be happy to provide it. > > > > I am using an RD1-PL Bios Savior with the original BIOS chip in the > > socket. Flash_rom recognizes neither the original BIOS nor the backup > > flash part (I don't know exactly what chip the RD1-PL uses offhand.) > > The RD1-PL is working fine on my EPIA M9000: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] bios]# ./flash_rom romimage > Calibrating timer since microsleep sucks ... takes a second > Setting up microsecond timing loop > 184M loops per second > OK, calibrated, now do the deed > Enabling flash write on VT8235...tried to set 0x45 to 0x55 on VT8235 > failed (WARNING ONLY) > Trying Am29F040B, 512 KB > probe_29f040b: id1 0x7f, id2 0x45 > Trying At29C040A, 512 KB > probe_jedec: id1 0xbf, id2 0xb6 > Trying Mx29f002, 256 KB > probe_29f002: id1 191, id2 182 > Trying SST29EE020A, 256 KB > probe_jedec: id1 0xbf, id2 0xb6 > Trying SST28SF040A, 512 KB > probe_28sf040: id1 0x7f, id2 0x45 > Trying SST39SF020A, 256 KB > probe_39sf020: id1 0xbf, id2 0xb6 > SST39SF020A found at physical address: 0xfffc0000 > Part is SST39SF020A > Programming Page: 0063 at address: 0x0003f000 > > This is with the switch set to "RD1". > > Couple of notes: > > - don't run the setpci command that is in the epia-m readme. It causes > all > sorts of errors (if you already ran it, reboot and run flash_rom > directly.) > > - My flash_rom was compiled back in November; it is possible flash_rom has > regressed. If you're still having problems I can email you my binary. > > - I guess it is also possible that there are different RD1-PL models out > there.. > > -Kevin > _______________________________________________ > Linuxbios mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
