Re: [LinuxBIOS] 4mb Flash

2007-05-18 Thread Jeremy Jackson
On Thu, 2007-05-17 at 22:38 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Peter, > > Wow, I really feel like an idiot. I read 4Mb and NOT 4Mbit. Anyways, > thanks for such a speedy response. you can say 4MB for megabytes, or to be more exact use the new 4MiB for 4*1024*1024 bytes. the disk drive people sa

Re: [LinuxBIOS] 4mb Flash

2007-05-17 Thread zooy0rk
Peter, Wow, I really feel like an idiot. I read 4Mb and NOT 4Mbit. Anyways, thanks for such a speedy response. William On Thu, May 17, 2007 10:28 pm, Peter Stuge wrote: > On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 10:21:43PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> ./flashrom >> > > [..] > > >> OK, only ENABLING fla

Re: [LinuxBIOS] 4mb Flash

2007-05-17 Thread Jody Belka
On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 10:21:43PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I also purchased a 4mb SST39SF040 bios chip which according to the manual > is in fact 4mb (http://www.sst.com/downloads/datasheet/S71147.pdf). [...] > Flash part is SST39SF040 (512 KB) [...] > As you can see, flashrom thinks th

Re: [LinuxBIOS] 4mb Flash

2007-05-17 Thread Peter Stuge
On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 10:21:43PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ./flashrom [..] > OK, only ENABLING flash write, but NOT FLASHING. > > As you can see, flashrom thinks this is only a 512KB chip. Flash chip size is measured in bits, 4Mbit=512kbyte. You have the correct chip for the board. T

[LinuxBIOS] 4mb Flash

2007-05-17 Thread zooy0rk
Hi Everyone, I recently purchased a VIA Epia MII 12000 with the intentions of using LinuxBIOS but I am having a slight problem using a 4mb bios. According to VIA this board does indeed support a 4mb flash (http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/mainboards/motherboards.jsp?motherboard_id=202). I also