Re: [cobalt-users] ROM upgrade carshed Raq4i

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 02 July 2002 11:41 am, Andy Brown wrote:
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> I suggest you check the information on the 'unsupported' upgrade of Cobalt
> ROM's, sounds like an attempted kernel 2.4 upgrade thats gone wrong. Unless
> you have a soldering iron and rom programmer handy I think its bye bye raq.
>
> Check info on the romtools at ftp.cobaltnet.com/pub/users/thockin/2.4/
>

Andy,
Do you know something I don't
What good is having a soldering iron and rom programmer handy do?
It looks to me like the ROM is actually in a custom LSI chip...
Or, can you identify the ROM for me?
I can remove and replace surface-mount components, but where would
I get Cobalt's custom LSI chip?


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