Uniflash: 1 Problem, 1 Question

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th
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Hi

Problem:
Just tried uniflash in flash pc and ran into the message "PCI bus not found". This is ok, as there is none, but I am trying to use my CT-flasher and this message also appears with "uniflash -ctflash xxx".
As the CT-flasher is a true ISA card, this does not make much sense to me.

Question:
Any news on the bootblock write protection disable feature for Winbond Chips?

Bye
Thomas
286-16/NEAT Chipset/4 MB Mem/40 MB HDD/512kB Tridet/WfW
Rainbow
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You've found a bug. The PCI check should be disabled when -CTFLASH parameter is used. I'll send you fixed v1.36 BETA.
The bootblock write (un)protection is still not implemented.
Patched and tested BIOSes are at http://wims.rainbow-software.org
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th
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Hi

Proggie received & tested. Works as it should. :-)

Regarding the Winbond issue:
I have three ASD 2MBit chips here, loaded with the 2k1222S Bios for either the M599LMR or M598LMR (cannot remember). The Bios seems to activate some sort of write protection and cannot handle the chip anymore.
Result: Dead Board.
The ctflasher also cannot rewrite the last block of any of the chips.
I installed a different flash brand on my M599LMR and the Bios itself works ok.
If you need a chip for testing just mail me your address.

BTW Another thing I like to have: There should be some kind of warning, if you are going to save a BiosImage to a file that already exists.

Bye
Thomas
286-16/NEAT Chipset/4 MB Mem/40 MB HDD/512kB Tridet/WfW
Rainbow
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The AMIFLASH that is somewhere on my page, can disable the bootblock protection, then flash and enable it again.
That warning -> might be in next version.
Patched and tested BIOSes are at http://wims.rainbow-software.org
UniFlash - Flash anything anywhere
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