docs/install: mention about flashprog

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[You must flash it externally](spi.md)
#### ThinkPad X60/X60S/X60T/T60 with Lenovo BIOS {#flashprog_lenovobios}
#### ThinkPad X60/X60S/X60T/T60 with Lenovo BIOS {#flashrom_lenovobios}
**NOTE: the section below pertaining to Libreboot 20160907 static binaries references
flashrom. Canoeboot recommends flashprog nowadays, but if you're using that
utils archive, please note that it is from a time when Canoeboot used
flashrom. Use flashrom there as that's what included in those binaries.
Canoeboot does not currently document how to patch flashprog for sst/macronix
on X60/T60, when going (in software) from lenovobios to canoeboot.**
NOTE: If BIOS password auth is enabled, you can clear it by shorting pins on
an EEPROM and then resetting the password in Lenovo BIOS, prior to flashing