[U-Boot] Resubmitting plus update.

[U-Boot] Resubmitting plus update.

[Thomas Delbeke]

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Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:29:37 +0000
From: "Thomas Delbeke" <toom2079@gmail.com>
Subject: [U-Boot] Winphlash
To: u-boot at lists.denx.de
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Hi there,

I am new here. Just wanted to ask you: is there a precompiled u-boot version
available that I can flash with a tool like for instance Winphlash, that
will work.

I am a medium experienced ubuntu hobbyist and I tried to install it from
there. I tried to follow the cook book from your website. I git cloned your
rep and did the config make install thing. Then I tried crossmake, but the
given package wasn't installed (I forgot the name) and the build of it
failed. I could obviously use another java-crosscompiler from the ubuntu rep
(found trough synaptic).

I just prefer the Windows way, as I now the Winphlash thing works and I
don't want to find out that I have to reflash my BIOS with a live FREEDOS
disk because my system is now inoperable.

Thanks for reliefing me from my ignorance,

Thomas

Update: Also see:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6564773#post6564773

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Hi there,

did anyone install this yet or has an alternative. I would like it because I
need to install more RAM into my Acer. According to Acer's specs this is
possible, but the Phoenix BIOS is not allowing for that.

Also a friend of mine wants to downgrade his Toshiba to XP (see bug #314498
- it is about wine, but it is not the fault of wine as I checked the Toshiba
forum and many people have the problem; there is some gdb output, but I
suspect it is garbage), but the Vista BIOS does not allow for itself to be
replaced. (This thing I can possibly fix with a live XP USB stick - or
FreeDos, but I could not find the mount point, go figure ...)

I tried to install it from ubuntu but got stopped for now, as I could not
get the package for crossmake compiled correctly (I forgot the name). I can
off course go for another java cross compiler from synaptic, but before I
actually install the BIOS, I would like some feedback here if possible. Is
there a precompiled version ready to flash under windows (xp or vista)?

Sorry if this thread already exists, but I cannot search for it due to bug
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Thanks,

Thomas

[U-Boot] Resubmitting plus update.

[Jerry Van Baren]

Thomas Delbeke wrote:
> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:29:37 +0000
> From: "Thomas Delbeke" <toom2079@gmail.com>
> Subject: [U-Boot] Winphlash
> To: u-boot at lists.denx.de
> Message-ID:
>        <799cc56a0901151429j3c58d3aydca1c12caca93c58@mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> I am new here. Just wanted to ask you: is there a precompiled u-boot version
> available that I can flash with a tool like for instance Winphlash, that
> will work.
> 
> I am a medium experienced ubuntu hobbyist and I tried to install it from
> there. I tried to follow the cook book from your website. I git cloned your
> rep and did the config make install thing. Then I tried crossmake, but the
> given package wasn't installed (I forgot the name) and the build of it
> failed. I could obviously use another java-crosscompiler from the ubuntu rep
> (found trough synaptic).
> 
> I just prefer the Windows way, as I now the Winphlash thing works and I
> don't want to find out that I have to reflash my BIOS with a live FREEDOS
> disk because my system is now inoperable.
> 
> Thanks for reliefing me from my ignorance,
> 
> Thomas
> 
> Update: Also see:
> 
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6564773#post6564773

Hi Thomas,

U-Boot has almost no support for x86 architectures and definitely isn't 
a "standard PC/laptop" BIOS replacement.  It is used for embedded 
systems in a very different environment and application than a PC-BIOS.

While it is theoretically possible to flash your BIOS with u-boot, it 
would be a MAJOR undertaking, starting with collecting manufacturer's 
full data sheets for all the chips in your Acer (the data sheets are 
usually unavailable due to proprietary restrictions and/or age).

You would also need a way to program a bricked motherboard as well, 
which typically means a JTAG debugger (more $$$ than simply replacing 
for your Acer).

Sorry,
gvb