Added LinuxBIOS tip

[grml-tips.git] / grml_tips

diff --git a/grml_tips b/grml_tips
index 1fe0515..eca0b6d 100644 (file)
--- a/grml_tips
+++ b/grml_tips
@@ -2653,6 +2653,7 @@ Rewrite lilo to MBR:
 # lilo -r /mnt/hda1
 -- 
 Create screenshot of plain/real console - tty1:
+
 # fbgrab -c 1 screeni.png
 -- 
 Create screenshot when running X:
@@ -2672,4 +2673,19 @@ iptables -A FORWARD -i eth0 -o eth0 -d hostB -p tcp --dport portB -j ACCEPT
 iptables -A FORWARD -i eth0 -o eth0 -s hostB -p tcp --sport portB -j ACCEPT
 iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -p tcp -d hostB --dport portB -j SNAT --to-source hostA
 -- 
+Flash BIOS without DOS/Windows:
+
+Dump flash info and set the flash chip to writable:
+# flashrom
+
+Backup the original BIOS:
+# flashrom -r backup.bin
 
+Notice: the following step will overwrite your current BIOS!
+So make sure you really know what you are doing.
+
+Flash the BIOS image:
+# flashrom -wv newbios.bin
+
+Also check out LinuxBIOS: http://linuxbios.org/
+--