@landley yeah, basically I'm looking for a stage 1 thingy that BIOS can see as bootable device and that allows to do the usual "yeet kernel+initramfs into ram and floor it".

• Kinda "#BootROM" similar to #OptionROM|s...

Worst-case I could just look for some sort of #SATA-DOM / -Board that offers a hardware write protection or can do #readonly #Flash instead...

Yes. this is a good thing for #ITsec to let end-users know if their system runs #outdated / #vulnerable #Microcode and have #Linux update it.

• OFC this can't fix the systemic issues #ix86 & #amd64 have, but I do think this is such a vital thing that I do want to integrate it into @OS1337 as having some low-level diagnostics and means to fix things is literally the point of said distro!

Consider it a more streamlined "Rescue Linux" which is intended to be #reprpduceable, #auditable and small enough to fit on a #BootROM!