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(→Inside mainboard BIOS (re)flash: Those instructions were obsolete for several years.) |
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==== Inside mainboard BIOS (re)flash ==== | ==== Inside mainboard BIOS (re)flash ==== | ||
Download the appropriate flash update utility. Build the | Download the appropriate flash update utility. Build the coreboot image as explained above and use the flash update utility to update the BIOS. Be warned that not all update utilities allow you to load your own BIOS image. NOTE: Many vendor specific flash utilities refuse to write "foreign" BIOS images, such as coreboot. | ||
Therefore we suggest that you use the universal flash utility called [http://www.flashrom.org/ flashrom] which was developed and improved by many coreboot developers. | |||
Example: | Example: | ||
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Alternatively you could either use the DOS [http://www.uniflash.org/ uniflash] utility, or use its source code, which is also available for download from the uniflash site (in Turbo Pascal 7) as a reference for adding support for your flash chip to "flashrom". Uniflash supports a lot of different flash chips, and chip interfaces. It has untested support for PCI expansion card flash BIOS, such as on RTL8139 Ethernet card (32pin DIL), which allows flashing on the NIC if manufacturer provides the circuitry. | |||
Another tool which runs in linux is [http://sourceforge.net/projects/ctflasher/ flasher]. | Another tool which runs in linux is [http://sourceforge.net/projects/ctflasher/ flasher]. | ||