On Tue, Dec 06, 2011 at 11:52:58PM -0800, Matt Thrailkill wrote:
> 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.

You cannot brick the 6501 since you can always enter uManager
and fix things.

Speaking from experience, I tried several programs (minicom, cu,
gtkterm, picocom) in Linux and ALL of them failed to transfer
the bios image file. I actually managed to make my 6501 not boot
since the upload had written some data but not a complete bios
image.

I ended up using a trial version of hyperterminal for windows 7
/ vista on a windows machine.

http://www.hilgraeve.com/hyperterminal-trial/

Good luck!

-- 
Marcus Larsson, Stockholm, Sweden
<http://kore.hack.se/contact/>
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