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>>zdw+(OP)
Business idea: eprom based firmware

>>iberat+yVa
And put the EPROM in a socket, like it's 1987?

Some motherboards just have a physical jumper that prevents BIOS flashing. This happens infrequently enough as to warrant it for one server, or 10 servers, or maybe 100 servers. Likely unpractical for 1000 servers though.

>>nine_k+0Ya
Baseboard management is switching to easily swapped modules for exactly this reason: https://antmicro.com/platforms/dc-scm-open-source-bmc-platfo...

https://www.servethehome.com/the-ocp-dc-scm-hff-is-taking-ov...