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# coreboot-x230
pre-built [coreboot](https://www.coreboot.org/) images and documentation on
pre-built [coreboot](https://www.coreboot.org/) image and documentation on
how to flash them for the
[Thinkpad X230](https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x230).
SeaBIOS is used as coreboot payload to be compatible with Windows and Linux
systems.
SeaBIOS is used, to be compatible with Windows and Linux, and to be easy to use:
simply a boot menu and a few options to tick.
![seabios_bootmenu](front.jpg)
We want to make it easy to "bootstrap" an X230 to a working, unlocked,
up-to-date coreboot-based BIOS.
## Latest release (config overview and version info)
* coreboot-x230 0.0.5 - see our [release page](https://github.com/merge/coreboot-x230/releases)
* Lenovo's proprietary VGA BIOS ROM is executed in "secure" mode
* The only proprietary binary, the VGA BIOS is executed in "secure" mode ([PCI_OPTION_ROM_RUN_YABEL](https://www.coreboot.org/Coreboot_Options))
### coreboot
* We simply take coreboot's current state in it's master branch at the time we build a release image.
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Raspberry Pi), run `flashrom_rpi_bottom_unlock.sh` on the lower chip
and `flashrom_rpi_top_write.sh` on the top chip of the two.
For updating after this, run `prepare_internal_flashing.sh` to get
files and instructions.
For updating later, run `prepare_internal_flashing.sh` to get
files and instructions about updating. No need to disasseble.
## Flashing for the first time
Especially for the first time, you must flash externally. See below for the details


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