On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 07:16, rikona wrote: > Hello Aron, > > Friday, October 10, 2003, 12:05:47 AM, you wrote: > > > >> (1) How would you reprogram if reprogramming required the M$ key? > >> > >> (2) Even if you did, you have broken an encrypted object, and would be > >> subject to Draconian penalties, which I'm sure M$ would pursue > >> diligently with their legal army. > >> > >> Sounds risky, unless I'm missing something. > AS> Ok just replace the flash > > (1) The only flash that will work on this board is the one that > requires the M$ key. Replacing it does not get you anywhere. > > (2) Likely to be a proprietary chip and hard to get. > > (3) With modern board construction, might be quite difficult to > replace. > > This one's a killer. Watch out. You mean that the board has an encrypted flash protecting the encrypted flash. :-0 There is a Linux BIOS out there http://www.linuxbios.org/
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