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that's the easy part.  Now, make it permanent.

> I'm not talking about flashing new code.  The bios won't even 
> begin to start, thus you can't reflash it because the box is DEAD.

This is just like deleting user data.... after the fact you go get a
backup and restore.  In this case you go get a bios image and re-program
the chip. No, this isn't something an enduser could do, but neither is a
OS backup in most cases.  However, BIOS "trashing" is not as bad as file
deletion.   So, by running as root you risk bios and non-backed-up data,
but can only restore bios.  Running as user bob you risk only data that
you can't recover without a backup.  What's your point?

-Jim P.




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