While we provide instructions on how to do so, if you choose to flash your Vault and it does not flash properly, then recovery by Protectli is not covered under Protectli’s new product warranty. Flashing the BIOS is potentially problematic, as if anything goes wrong the entire unit needs to be sent to Protectli in order to be recovered. See instructions below for field installation.Īttention: If you wish to use coreboot, we highly recommend choosing coreboot at the time of purchase and allowing Protectli to flash and validate successful installation. Protectli has implemented coreboot with the SeaBIOS payload.Ĭoreboot is available on the FW2B, FW4B, FW6A/Br2/D/E series, as well as the Vault Pro VP2410, VP2420, VP4630, VP4650 and VP4670 as an alternative to traditional BIOS.Ĭoreboot is based on legacy BIOS, please see the compatibility table below for software which has been tested with coreboot for full functionalityĬoreboot can be selected at the time of ordering. The payload then takes care of user interfaces, drivers, policies, etc. The coreboot philosophy is to do the absolute bare minimum to discover and initialize hardware (HW), then pass the control to another program called a “payload”.

Secure – Common backdoors of legacy BIOS can be disabled or not even included in the build.

Open Source – The source code is available and can be built without any cost or license.

Fast Boot – Minimal image, removes legacy bloat.

Ĭoreboot describes itself as: “…an extended firmware platform that delivers a lightning fast and secure boot experience on modern computers and embedded systems.” It is an open source alternative to legacy BIOS options with the following properties: coreboot has roots in the Linux community and can be found on the internet at.

Please find more information on Flashli at this link.Ĭoreboot is an open source project focused on the boot and BIOS process for initializing hardware (HW) and booting an operating system (OS). This drastically lowers the chances of accidently bricking your Protectli Vault. TL DR: If you would like to flash your BIOS to coreboot, we highly recommend using our script Flashli to do so. We recommend purchasing DRAM from Protectli at the time of purchase (or DRAM from our Hardware Compatibility list) so we can ensure that the memory works with the coreboot build.

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