Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.jp/@landley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>landley</span></a></span> yeah, basically I'm looking for a stage 1 thingy that BIOS can see as bootable device and that allows to do the usual <em>"yeet kernel+initramfs into ram and floor it"</em>.</p><ul><li>Kinda <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BootROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BootROM</span></a>"</em> similar to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OptionROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OptionROM</span></a>|s... </li></ul><p>Worst-case I could just look for some sort of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SATA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SATA</span></a>-DOM / -Board that offers a hardware write protection or can do <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/readonly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>readonly</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Flash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flash</span></a> instead...</p>