docs/install: mention about flashprog

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[You must flash it externally](spi.md) [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 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 an EEPROM and then resetting the password in Lenovo BIOS, prior to flashing