Re: A89: Quick Question

To: assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: A89: Quick Question
From: Johan <johei804@student.liu.se>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 23:24:00 +0200
In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.0.20000818170908.00ab3a50@pop3.ti-files.org>; from Rob Smith on Fri, Aug 18, 2000
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On Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 05:10:53PM -0400, Rob Smith wrote:
> 
> Isn't it always true, that you can access the boot loader, no matter what 
> happens to the rom? or is the boot loader part of the rom in a area we can 
> not access?

The boot loader can not be overwritten by software. The certificate area
can be overwritten, and if it is, the boot loader refuses to run. (But I
heard from a VERY unreliable source this isn't true for all boot loaders,
they would allow you to install new base code anyway.)

/Johan  "It's only a matter of time."

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