On Friday 30 November 2007 14:17, Shocky wrote: > On Friday 30 November 2007 13:49, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > > On 30.11.2007 05:25, Shocky wrote: > > > Now that I can build and run flashrom, I get: > > > > > > Calibrating delay loop.. OK. > > > No LinuxBIOS table found. > > > Found chipset "NVidia MCP51", enabling flash write... OK > > > generic_spi_command called, but no SPI chipset detected > > > No EEPROM/flash device found. > > > > > > I see on the supported devices list that NVidia MCP55 is supported, but > > > mine is "?". Anything I can do to help get it supported? > > > > Why do you assume it is not supported? > > Good point. I guess "?" means unknown. I guess the "Found chipset...OK" is > encouraging. > > > > I don't know what type of flash chip I have, or for that matter what > > > type of > > > > We need verbose output from flashrom. > > Okay. See attached. > > > > m/b. It's an HP Pavilion dv2412ca laptop. I haven't been able to figure > > > out > > > > Ah, a laptop. Laptops usually need additional tricks before they > > cooperare on the flash side. If verbose output from flashrom doesn't > > yield anything obvious, I suggest you don't try further. > > That's not so encouraging 8^(. I'd really like to make this work, even if > it requires some serious effort. The thought of reinstalling Vista just to > be able to flash my BIOS just fills me with revulsion. > > I am a developer. My expertise is not in C, and not in drivers, but I like > to learn new skills. > > > Regards, > > Carl-Daniel > > Shocky
I guess you didn't find anything useful in the flashrom verbose output? I did manage to get my BIOS flashed through another route: I remembered I had an old XP machine around someone gave me, so I used that to build BartPE, as Frederico Silva suggested. This is roughly equivalent to a live cd for Windows. This plus HP's flash utility on a USB key did the trick. I'd still love to be able to do it in Linux, but at least my immediate problem is solved. Shocky -- These are my opinions. Get your own. -- linuxbios mailing list [email protected] http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
