Hi Matt & List,

Matt Thrailkill wrote:
> Well, I said I had bricked the bios.  Umanager is all that seems to
> work.  Exiting uManager just sits.
>
> I'd try Hyperterminal, but I don't have any Windows computers.  Has
> anyone made this work in Unix?

The uManager has new file transfer code, that actually should be more 
correct than the old code in the BIOS itself, not that xmodem is that 
complicated....

Not transfering correct can trash the BIOS flash itself, as the small 
ARM CPU that uManager runs on can't buffer the whole BIOS but have to 
update the BIOS block by block, so if something goes wrong it might just 
have updated part of the BIOS flash.

I use Windows Hyperterminal when donwloading new BIOS'es, mostly as 
Windows is where I design hardware and BIOS code on.

I would like to ensure that most common unix terminal emulators also 
work. so feedback about what that do work and do not is very welcome as 
it sounds like I need to do testing on Unix too.

But please first ensure that you use the correct protocol, Xmodem CRC 
(Xmodem 1K also work in new uManager code), your speed,8,n,1 with no 
hardware or software handshake.


Best Regards,


Soren Kristensen

CEO & Chief Engineer
Soekris Engineering, Inc.


> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 8:29 AM, Sebastian Gebhard
> <[email protected]>  wrote:
>> Am 07.12.2011 10:32, schrieb Marcus Larsson:
>>
>>> 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!
>>>
>>
>> Thanks for sharing your experience! I've been struggling with the
>> filetransfer in minicom and cu for 2 days now.
>>
>> Using Windows and Hyperterminal did work for me. I'm surprised.
>>
>>
>> Sebastian
>>
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