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. Thanks, Ward. -- Ward Vandewege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Free Software Foundation - Senior Systems Administrator -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
