# Coreboot and Libreboot general
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-### Our external flashing setup
+## Our external flashing setup
BeagleBone Black (BBB), powered by USB. 5A 2A
Tip: Don't power anything from a regular (computer) ATX power supply, it will work but is unreliable and a time waster.
Current setup is to connect to the BBB via Ethernet to a router and thus SSH. Can also connect directly with the SPI interface, see Libreboot flashing guide.
10cm wires
-### General
+## General
For flashing see this [(X200 Libreboot) guide](https://libreboot.org/docs/install/x200_external.html) for a general idea, however each system has their own chip configuration which differs a little.
When installing an OS on a Libreboot (/Coreboot) system, use these [guides](https://libreboot.org/docs/gnulinux/) (old link?).
sudo ./flashrom -p internal -w libreboot.rom #updated image
### OpenBSD guide
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+It _is_ possible to use OpenBSD with Coreboot (we haven't tried) and Libreboot (as we verified below), but they do not support hard drive encryption!
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When installing OpenBSD on the x200, the OS was first installed on the HDD then flashed. Then, add a "/grub" directory that allows grub to automatically boot into openbsd instead of going into command line.
#### The manual way is to press "c" when the grub menu appears: