#!/bin/bash # flash script: uses flashrom to flash a new libreboot ROM image onto your machine # # Copyright (C) 2014 Francis Rowe # # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program. If not, see . # # USE ROOT OR SUDO WHEN EXECUTING THIS # uses flashrom to flash the rom if (( $# != 1 )); then echo "Usage: ./lenovobios_firstflash yourrom.rom" echo "usage: ./lenovobios_firstflash path/to/yourrom.rom" echo "You need to specify exactly 1 file" exit fi if [ ! -f $1 ]; then echo "File not found!" exit fi # flashrom doesn't recognize the machine unless you use that switch: laptop=force_I_want_a_brick # after flashing libreboot and booting the machine, flashing normally will just work. ./flashrom/flashrom -p internal:laptop=force_I_want_a_brick -w $1 echo "IGNORE THE ERRORS. JUST MAKE SURE THAT IT SAYS 'VERIFIED' ABOVE (if not, goto #libreboot on freenode irc)"