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Tell users to probe/backup first

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Corresponding to flashrom svn r931.

Signed-off-by: Michael Karcher <flashrom@mkarcher.dialup.fu-berlin.de>
Acked-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net>
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Michael Karcher
2010-03-12 06:41:39 +00:00
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@ -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 <file>"
Read flash ROM contents and save them into the given