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SubjectRe: Motherboard design specifically for Linux
On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:

> One other small ROM that will check the Flash ROM's checksum and/or a jumper
> on the board, and if it fails beep a tune on the speaker, and then expect a
> raw Flash ROM image sent to it on the first serial port?

Many flash chips have a separatly write-protectable area used for boot
areas.

Peter
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