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Updating motherboad BIOS from OS6 -- can't get it to work
There is an older post, now closed (why does Netgear do this when future changes really can need a subject to be resurrected?) at How to update BIOS w/ OS6.x installed on updating some of the legacy ...
You need (at least) a 32-bit C library to run 32-bit programs. Try this:
# apt-get install libc6-i386
As previously stated, the flashrom in the bios update package did not execute under OS6.6.x. I have not yet tried to install the 32-bit C library to see if that makes it work.
I tried yesterday, working perfect:
# apt-get update
# apt-get install dmidecode flashrom
# apt-get install libc6-i386
# cd /tmp
# wget http://www.readynas.com/download/addons/x86/4.2/BIOS_Update_Package_0.5-x86.bin
# dd if=BIOS_Update_Package_0.5-x86.bin bs=16k count=1
# dd if=BIOS_Update_Package_0.5-x86.bin bs=16k skip=1 | md5sum -
# dd if=BIOS_Update_Package_0.5-x86.bin bs=16k skip=1 | tar -xv
# tar -xvf files.tgz
# ls -lah /tmp/opt/biosflash
# flashrom --programmer internal -c W25X80 -w /tmp/opt/biosflash/RN_NV6_072610.ROM
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