Re: [cobalt-users] Msg for Gerald Waugh - re fried BIOS on Raq4i

[Bruce Timberlake <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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> BIOSes are written for very specific hardware.  A K6-powered
> RAQ3 or RAQ4 is very, very different from a PIII-powered RAQ550.
> Different CPU, bridge chipset, IO controller, et cetera.

And the RaQ 550 OSRCD has correct ROM images for each type of 
hardware...

> If you did indeed successfully (though I use the term ironically)
> flash the BIOS, you'll need to pull the now-bad one and replace
> it with another.  I believe Bruce Timberlake and others gave
> details a few months ago, perhaps on -developers... check the
> archives.

Wasn't me -- I think it was Gerald.  Also, "pulling" it is The Tricky  
Part -- it's not a socketed chip, it's soldered in place.  And I 
don't even know what type of chip it is, or where to get a 
replacement, etc.  Or how you'd boot the box enough to get a 
"Sun-issued" image into it provided you could replace the chip.  You 
need a standalone ROM burner I think...

- -- 
Bruce Timberlake

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