From 31fd8254cf93e577188016676c4eac3ccbfab06d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Karcher Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:41:39 +0000 Subject: Tell users to probe/backup first Corresponding to flashrom svn r931. Signed-off-by: Michael Karcher Acked-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger --- flashrom.8 | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'flashrom.8') diff --git a/flashrom.8 b/flashrom.8 index 9c21278..25f4a1e 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 " Read flash ROM contents and save them into the given -- cgit v1.1