I've successfully updated the BIOS with cu on Linux following the Soekris wiki directions. I don't know if it matters, but I'm using a "real" (i.e. not USB) serial port and a cable that passes handshaking lines.
On Dec 7, 2011, at 10:02 AM, Matt Thrailkill <[email protected]> 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? > > 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 >> >> >> -- >> >> Cand.el. Sebastian Gebhard >> >> IconParc GmbH >> Sophienstrasse 1 >> 80333 München >> >> www.iconparc.de >> >> Tel +49 -89- 15 90 06 - 28 >> Fax +49 -89- 15 90 06 - 19 >> >> Geschäftsleitung: Dipl.-Ing. Roland Brückner, Dipl.-Inf. Sven Angerer. HRB >> 121830, Amtsgericht München >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
