11 docs tagged with "libreboot"

Set up your dedicated Bitcoin computer with Libreboot BIOS, Linux Mint, and LUKS encryption for maximum security and privacy.

Compile Flashprog from the Libreboot build system. Required tool for reading and writing BIOS chips during Libreboot installation.

Build a Libreboot ROM from source on Linux: install dependencies, clone the lbmk repository, and run a multi-threaded compile.

Generate Libreboot ROM images for your specific laptop model. Compile custom BIOS firmware using the lbmk build system, ready to flash.

Build serprog firmware for the Raspberry Pi Pico H so it can act as an SPI programmer for flashing Libreboot to a laptop chip.

Flash a Libreboot ROM onto your laptop with an external SPI programmer: locate the chips, split the ROM, detect, and write the new firmware.

Hardware list for flashing Libreboot: supported laptops, Raspberry Pi Pico H programmer, Pomona SOIC8 clip, and required cables.

Install Libreboot open-source firmware to replace your BIOS. Remove Intel ME backdoors and enhance security for your Bitcoin computer.

Practical guide: Pico-Pomona Clip Connection. Covers The Bios Chip, PIN Map on Raspberry Pico, Models X230, T420, T430, T440p and T480s.

Set up a Raspberry Pi Pico H as an SPI programmer for flashing Libreboot: build the serprog firmware and wire the Pico to your laptop's BIOS chip.

Practical guide: Update. Covers Disable security protections before flashing, Flash Chip Size, Read the Current Chip Contents.