Carl-Daniel Hailfinger a écrit :
> On 17.08.2007 21:55, Fabrice LORRAIN wrote:
>> Michael E Brown a écrit :
>>> Note that there can be three reasons to cause a
system to not work:
>> reasons which are interresting to document in a
better place than
>> list-archive, I think.
>>
>>> -- A system doesnt support RBU
>> Which means that those systems might work in the
future, if a poor soul
>> at Dell get some specs and motivation.
>>
>>> -- System supports RBU, but doesnt have BIOS
in a format I can
>>> extract (Opti 740 probably falls here right
now).
>> means that those systems could be supported soon,
it needs the BIOS team
>> to provide the spec to exctract the hbr file or to
provide the file
>> directly.
>>
>>> -- System supports RBU, but RBU is buggy and
doesnt work. Many old
>>> systems fall under this. :(
>> Dead end, unsupported systems. Nice to know.
>
> You can try flashrom from LinuxBIOS on all of these
machines. If the
> flash chip is detected correctly, there is a good
chance you also can
> flash a new Dell BIOS version.
> Simply install flashrom (instructions at http://linuxbios.org/Fl
ashrom )
> and run "flashrom -V". The output will
usually give enough information
> to add support for flashing your BIOS if it's not
supported yet.
>
> Regards,
> Carl-Daniel
Thanks for the hint.
Any backport of flashrom for debian/etch floating around ?
 +,
Fab
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