On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 08:07:44AM -0700, [email protected] wrote: > As I am on Social Security and can not afford to purchase the Insurgo > Privacy Beast, I was trying to emulate what the Insurgo on my own. > > I bought a refurb Lenovo X-230 with I5 processor and 4 GB RAM, 340 GB > Spinning hard drive. I have upgraded the RAM to 16 GB, (MICRON > CT2K102464BF186D 16GB KIT 8GBX2 PC3-14900 1866, which is marked as Crucial > - Germany) Laptop sees the RAM, Boots, I have not run extensive memory > tests. > > And the same WiFi adapter as Insurgo Privacy Beast uses: (Atheros AR9832 > AR5BHB116. Model: AR9832 AR5BHB116. 1 x Atheros AR9832 AR5BHB116 Wireless > Card. Standard Wireless: 801.11 a/b/g/n. Russia,Brazil,Chile,New > Zealand,Mexico,South Africa,Asia) > > I am now looking for a plan to EE-PROM (flash core boot) onto it. I bought > a PROM Organizer SOIC8 SOP8 Flash Chip IC Test Clips Socket Adpter > Programmer BIOS + CH341A 24 25 Series EEPROM Flash BIOS USB Programmer > Module (Double Cl > <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07R5LPTYM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1> > > I now read I will need a Pomona Clip: Test Clip SOIC8 Pomona 5250. > > Which will have to wait until next month to afford. However, I see the > instructions of what of I am about to attempt to be very detailed, and I am > looking for about of guidance from someone who has recently done this > thing. > > What looks to be one of my sources of a check list is: > https://www.chucknemeth.com/flash-lenovo-x230-coreboot/ > > Then what I can find on git hub. I had hoped to install both Core Boot > and Heads, and I am not sure if that is so easy for someone like me. > > I have not read all that yet, but wanted to be clear on the possible > upgrades, fixes to documentation that should have occurred. I am supposing > that I will need to be careful choose the correct script for a core I5. > > Truthfully this EE-PROM of Core Boot is more than I wanted to learn how to > do. All this makes me appreciate how much Insurgo does to get their > version working. > > Anyway, I thought I would see if anyone has any recent experience with this > that might be different than all the documentation that is already > available. Thanks for any replies.
You wont need a pomona clip - you already have a clip in the kit you linked to. For one off flashing, that should be fine. The chuck nemeth piece is a little dated now - probably wont match what you find in current coreboot, but the principle is fine. Heads documentation is woefully bad imo. Check out Skulls for simple prebuilt images: once you've done once you can flash internally for the rest, and there are simple scripts to run. You may find it ideal. You'll read about voltages, identifying chips etc. Garbage. If you have specific questions ask away. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/20200311122417.GA13808%40thirdeyesecurity.org.
