hi,

thanks alot john, you've really helped my understanding of the flashing
process of these carts.

i found some f2a flashing code (for linux) from http://deyv.free.fr/gba/f2a
with source included. i think i'm going to take a risk and assume i can
port that source to write through a serial interface, making the mbv2+f2a
combo a full solution. i'd go so far as to say it might even simplify the
code, as writing through a serial port is probably easier than through
usb, but i'll have to investigate further.

the reason i'm so hung on the mbv2 is that it has some good pc
file-serving code already written for linux. unless there exists such a
thing for the f2a linker (must be for linux, or have the source available
for me to port) it seems easier for me to use jeff's mbv2 file serving
code.

i don't have any of the hardware yet, so i won't be starting for some
time, but if anyone's interested i can post this when i'm done.

regards,
-mike.