[ale] for the hardware hacker who just bricked a <foo box> on a flash upgrade

[Jim Kinney]

http://dangerousprototypes.com/docs/Bus_Pirate

This looks REALLY useful! found reference to it here:
http://johnlewis.ie/unbricking-a-samsung-series-5-550-chromebook/

As I'm looking to rewrite a chromebook for ulterior motives, I was digging
for some prior art on the process.

so this machine:
http://www.microcenter.com/product/430302/Pavilion_14-q029wm_14_Chromebook_Refurbished_-_Snow_White_in_Satin_Sparkle_Finish

and add this external SSD combo:
http://www.microcenter.com/product/434188/MX100_Series_256GB_SATA_25_Internal_Solid_State_Drive_CT256MX100SSD1
http://www.microcenter.com/product/353301/25_SATA_to_SuperSpeed_USB_30_External_Hard_Drive_Enclosure

the enclosure lists Linux kernel support (yay!)

and the $229 chromebook get's an upgrade.

-- 
-- 
James P. Kinney III

Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you gain
at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his own tail.
It won't fatten the dog.
- Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain


*http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/
<http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/>*
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mail.ale.org/pipermail/ale/attachments/20140903/e22a00aa/attachment.html>