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On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 12:00:15AM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Dimitri John Ledkov <dimitri.ledkov@canonical.com> writes:
> If it is old code like aboot it may be that it is
> difficult to test any changes.  If memory serves you have to flash your
> firmware to change/test aboot.

No, aboot is written to the first sectors of the boot disk. Yes, there
is a special utilty in the aboot tools to write aboot to the boot
sectors and make sure that there is no overlap with the first
partition.

Cheers
Michael.