I think I bricked my bios trying to update in uManager. All I can do when I power on my 6501 is get into uManager. Starting minicom on Linux like this: minicom -b 19200 -D /dev/ttyS0
entering uManager, giving it the command 'download', and then pressing C-S and choosing xmodem transfer, the small transfer window filles up with "Retry 0: NAK on sector" and then eventually fails. >From reading the list, this looks like the same method everyone else has been using to update their bios. On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 3:15 AM, Daniel Rauer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Josh. > >> I have been trying to flash the 6501 bios to h version following: >> http://soekris.com/media/software/b6501_140h.bin > > At first we had the same problems like you discovered, and we also > screwed the BIOS. > Here is what I did to get the box back running and update the BIOS to 140h: > > - connect with cu exactly like you did: cu -l /dev/ttyXXX -s 19200 > - power down the board by pressing reset button 4sek > - enter uManager by typing "+++" and waiting a second > - type "download" > -> paste this line: ~+sz -X <path>/b6501_140h.bin > Simply ignore the repeating "C" characters coming up, just paste > the line and hit Enter > - press reset button for 2 seks, 6501 powers on > -> Download in progress > - type "power off" > - type "power on" > - done, box should be up and running again > > This was the only way we could get a messed-up BIOS restored. It was > necessary to power down the board before entering the uManager and start > it up after the download command has been fired up. > We also managed to get this done using minicom, on interest I could post > my settings and a step-by-step guide. > > Hope this will help you restoring your board. > > Bye, Daniel > -- > bytemine GmbH > [email protected] > http://www.bytemine.net/ > http://blog.bytemine.net/ > http://shop.bytemine.net/ > > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
