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@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