<div dir="ltr">+1 for the Bus Pirate. I mostly use mine as a handy serial adapter for 3.3v serial (on embedded devices) but it's quite nice for JTAG (after bricking) and similar tasks. I keep meaning to poke at HDD controllers like <a href="http://spritesmods.com/?art=hddhack&page=1">http://spritesmods.com/?art=hddhack&page=1</a></div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 11:48 AM, Jim Kinney <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com" target="_blank">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><a href="http://dangerousprototypes.com/docs/Bus_Pirate" target="_blank">http://dangerousprototypes.com/docs/Bus_Pirate</a><br>
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This looks REALLY useful! found reference to it here:<br>
<a href="http://johnlewis.ie/unbricking-a-samsung-series-5-550-chromebook/" target="_blank">http://johnlewis.ie/unbricking-a-samsung-series-5-550-chromebook/</a><br>
<br>
As I'm looking to rewrite a chromebook for ulterior motives, I was digging<br>
for some prior art on the process.<br>
<br>
so this machine:<br>
<a href="http://www.microcenter.com/product/430302/Pavilion_14-q029wm_14_Chromebook_Refurbished_-_Snow_White_in_Satin_Sparkle_Finish" target="_blank">http://www.microcenter.com/product/430302/Pavilion_14-q029wm_14_Chromebook_Refurbished_-_Snow_White_in_Satin_Sparkle_Finish</a><br>
<br>
and add this external SSD combo:<br>
<a href="http://www.microcenter.com/product/434188/MX100_Series_256GB_SATA_25_Internal_Solid_State_Drive_CT256MX100SSD1" target="_blank">http://www.microcenter.com/product/434188/MX100_Series_256GB_SATA_25_Internal_Solid_State_Drive_CT256MX100SSD1</a><br>
<a href="http://www.microcenter.com/product/353301/25_SATA_to_SuperSpeed_USB_30_External_Hard_Drive_Enclosure" target="_blank">http://www.microcenter.com/product/353301/25_SATA_to_SuperSpeed_USB_30_External_Hard_Drive_Enclosure</a><br>
<br>
the enclosure lists Linux kernel support (yay!)<br>
<br>
and the $229 chromebook get's an upgrade.<br>
<br>
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James P. Kinney III<br>
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Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you gain<br>
at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his own tail.<br>
It won't fatten the dog.<br>
- Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain<br>
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