Re: Flash ASUS Bios without Floppy?

[ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman)]

David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> writes:

> WRohdewald@dplanet.ch said:
> >  how can I update my Bios (Asus A7V266) if I don't have a floppy drive
> > for using the Asus DOS utility?
> 
> > Is there any Linux utililty that can do this? 
> 
> There are flash chip 'map' drivers which know how to enable WE lines, Vpp 
> etc for various northbridges. Only the L440GX one is in the kernel so far. 
> For the rest, ask on the LinuxBIOS list <linuxbios@lanl.gov>.
> 
> Unless you fancy desoldering your flash chips to replace them when, this is
> firmly in the "don't try this at home, kids" category, though :)

Hmm.  Actually most flash chips I have seen for roms have a couple of nice
properties.  1 Voltage so you don't need to play with Vpp.  Either socketed or
their is a jumper that inverts an address line to allow easy switching to a
fallback image.  Of course not all motherboard makers have a clue, but
most do.

It may be worth asking but at this point I don't think anyone has actually
written a driver for the A7V266.  Via hasn't been the most supportive of
companies with the chipset documentation.

Eric