[cobalt-developers] flash problems

["John P. Looney" <valen@xxxxxxxxxx>]

 I just tryed to flash my cobalt's ROM, and got:

./flashtool: flushing buffers
./flashtool:   flushing block 0 to ROM..../flashtool: flashrom_flush_buffers(): erase failed for block 0! Bad or non-existent flash chip?
 done
./flashtool:   flushing block 1 to ROM..../flashtool: flashrom_flush_buffers(): erase failed for block 1! Bad or non-existent flash chip?
 done
......much deleted
./flashtool:   flushing block 13 to ROM..../flashtool: flashrom_flush_buffers(): erase failed for block 13! Bad or non-existent flash chip?
 done
./flashtool:   flushing block 14 to ROM..../flashtool: flashrom_flush_buffers(): erase failed for block 14! Bad or non-existent flash chip?
 done
./flashtool:   flushing block 15 to ROM..../flashtool: flashrom_flush_buffers(): erase failed for block 15! Bad or non-existent flash chip?
 done
./flashtool: flashrom_cleanup(): device error flushing buffers

 Does that mean the box is totalled ? I'd flashed it before, with the same
mechanism, with no problems. The first time I tried to flash it, it seemed
to write the first three blocks fine, and failed on the rest.

 I don't suppose I can pop into the local electronics store, get a new
prom chip, hot swap it (I assume if I rebooted, I couldn't boot), and
flash it again ?

John