On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Ward Vandewege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 08:38:59PM +0200, Vincent Legoll wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 8:34 PM, ron minnich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Peter Stuge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> Please let me stress the importance of using a second flash chip if > > >> you do not have access to a standalone flash chip programmer. > > > > > > I go even further: I recommend 3. One is a copy of factory bios. > > > > > > Because, every once in a while, I accidentally flash the factory bios > > > with a broken coreboot. > > > > > > Having a "backup for the backup" is very useful. > > > > I can only second that, as it happened to me too. > > Aye. The 'third' backup goes on the shelf, where it will not be used until > you have an emergency - i.e. until you accidentally overwrote both your > coreboot chip and your factory chip. Add one more to that list. Worst part is that my stock BIOS chip doesn't write quite right, it took at least a few dozen attempts to get the stock BIOS back on it. Something wrong with the timing, and looping flashrom until it verified was easier then fixing the problem. -Corey
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