Re: Debian

[wulfie <nospam [at] wulfric7.co.uk>]

eprom blowers are slightly more though ...I agree that it sounds like a
premature death dive from Mr. Bios, but reblowing the bootblock is free &
a pretty much instant fix if (a you can do it (b it works,

On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, Al Hudson
wrote:

> 
> Problem is, if Richard hadn't flashed the bios recently (i.e., WAS known
> working), sounds like the chip's a duffer. How big are bioses these days?
> I have to say, I'm used to burning the old 8k eproms on Beebs, or for z80
> type machines (thinking of the torch / tube here ;), but it's all similar
> technology. Best bet is probably to get a new BIOS chip - they're not that
> expensive. eproms are about 50p each at most..
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Alex.
> 
> On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, wulfie wrote:
> 
> > you need a crisis recovery disk - in normal circumstances your bootblock
> > is sacrosanct. Download the correct bios for the system, and a
> > bootblock if this is a seperate file. Create the bootable flash floppy,
> > make sure the system jumpers render the bootblock flashable & insert the
> > disk. The system should boot from the floppy. Flash, making sure if there
> > is a specific bootblock update section to use this as well.
> > > > I've just about finished a new Debian machine.  Switched it on 
> > > > tonight and got the following error message.......
> > > > Award Bootblock  BIOS v1.0
> > > > BIOS checksum error
> > > > detecting floppy drive A media
> > > > insert system disk and press enter.
> > > 
> > > Sounds like the sticker on your BIOS has come off ;)) I would try flashing
> > > it with the latest version from Award, see what that does. If it works,
> > > then dies again after a while, new BIOS chip time..
> 
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