[coreboot] First ROM Image

Stefan Tauner stefan.tauner at student.tuwien.ac.at
Sat Sep 15 20:48:26 CEST 2012


On Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:05:56 +1000
"Rex O'Regan" <rexoregan20 at yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> The BIOS chip is in a socket so if I brick the machine all I need to do
> is remove the chip and program it again from a separate computer?

A better idea is to gather replacement chips beforehand and using the
hotswap technique to create backups. To do this you boot with a
known-good chip, swap it for an empty one after boot and write to that
one instead for experiments etc. It is usually a good idea to clearly
mark the backup chip(s) ;)

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Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner




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