Flashing a 384kb bios on a 512kb capacity eeprom

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notinthisworld
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hi everyone. is it possible to put a 384 kb bios on a 512 capacity eeprom?. how can i do it? thnx so much. God Bless
cp
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sure it is. just copy/burn/flash it in..the rest of the eeprom will remain unused.
notinthisworld
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hi. i tried flashing it using uniflash but it says. size mismatch. any hint around this:? and afudos is acting weird also /
cp
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just add 128kb zeros at the end of the 384kb file to make it 512kb.
notinthisworld
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hi .. thnx... how can i do that sir.
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just add 128kb zeros at the end of the 384kb file to make it 512kb.
In the BEGIN!!!
how can i do that sir.
1. Any hex-editor can help to do it.
2. Find any file with size 128kB (to example some 1Mbit-BIOS) and use "copy file1+file2". (file2 - is your 384kB bios image)
notinthisworld
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apple_rom wrote:
just add 128kb zeros at the end of the 384kb file to make it 512kb.
In the BEGIN!!!
how can i do that sir.
1. Any hex-editor can help to do it.
2. Find any file with size 128kB (to example some 1Mbit-BIOS) and use "copy file1+file2". (file2 - is your 384kB bios image)
hi.. any recommended hex editor??? thanks... why not at the end sir???
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