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author | Michael Karcher <flashrom@mkarcher.dialup.fu-berlin.de> | 2010-03-12 06:41:39 +0000 |
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committer | Michael Karcher <flashrom@mkarcher.dialup.fu-berlin.de> | 2010-03-12 06:41:39 +0000 |
commit | 31fd8254cf93e577188016676c4eac3ccbfab06d (patch) | |
tree | e08d59d80c61e211701cb7484957f13bac79d77e /flashrom.8 | |
parent | 0b9e2a746efa97f3d973c848525a0969dd64dc8d (diff) | |
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Tell users to probe/backup first
Corresponding to flashrom svn r931.
Signed-off-by: Michael Karcher <flashrom@mkarcher.dialup.fu-berlin.de>
Acked-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'flashrom.8')
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/flashrom.8 b/flashrom.8 index 9c212783f..25f4a1edc 100644 --- a/flashrom.8 +++ b/flashrom.8 @@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ checking that your flashrom version won't interpret options in a different way. .PP You can specify one of \-E, \-r, \-w, \-v or no operation. If no operation is specified, then all that happens -is that flash info is dumped and the flash chip is set to writable. +is that flash info is dumped and the flash chip is set to writable. It is +recommended that if you try flashrom the first time on a system, you run it +in probe only mode and check the output. Also you are advised to make a +backup of your current ROM contents with \-r before you try to write a new +image. .TP .B "\-r, \-\-read <file>" Read flash ROM contents and save them into the given |