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On 26.02.2009 20:36, David Woodhouse wrote:
> It's for overwriting your BIOS.
>   

There's a pure userspace replacement for it. That replacement is even
packaged in most distros. See http://www.coreboot.org/Flashrom .


Regards,
Carl-Daniel

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