On 2010-08-13, Toni Mueller <openbsd-m...@oeko.net> wrote: > Hi Stuart, > > thanks for the idea. > > On Thu, 12.08.2010 at 12:09:02 +0000, Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org> > wrote: >> Guessing based on very little information, but they probably have >> different BIOSes. > > Unfortunately, as I just hear, the manufacturer dropped support for > these machines. My supplier also only learnt it when he asked the > manufacturer for a new BIOS version.
If they are indeed different bios versions (you can probably tell from the dmesg lines that you do see, as the BIOS version is printed quite early), and you can get something that can run flashrom booted on them, you can extract bios from a working one and flash it to a non-working one... (double-check they are the same motherboard though). Flashrom can work on OpenBSD but you'll need a patch to pciutils to use it, or it may be easier to boot some other os. > Having said that, what is the current common wisdom for reliable small > CPE boxes that are reliable enough to be safely upgraded remotely, and > will be safe to upgrade for several upcoming releases? Alix? X7SLA? Depends totally what you're looking for...
