On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:29:06 -0800 Terry Greenlee <[email protected]> wrote:
> Attached is the output from "flashrom -V" as the output requested. > I backed up the running BIOS with AFUDOS and flashrom getting different > sum values under fedora 18. > > $ sum *.ROM > 19558 4096 SGIBIOS.ROM > > $ sum *.rom > 16753 4096 MX25L3205A.rom That's normal nowadays if the computer is rebooted in between reads. The firmware uses the flash as persistent storage for variables and logs. > I'm getting ready to flash over the SGI BIOS with the latest Supermicro > and I'm worried about using flashrom instead of AFUDOS. > > Let me know if anyone is interested in helping my efforts. Probably too late, but I don't see any problems in the log that would discourage from using flashrom. Just keep a backup to be safe. -- Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner _______________________________________________ flashrom mailing list [email protected] http://www.flashrom.org/mailman/listinfo/flashrom
