diff --git a/config/coreboot/e6430_12mb/target.cfg b/config/coreboot/e6430_12mb/target.cfg
index 7b790a999c40e55fa63cbfd9f9aa78c5c5e30464..1cf0792e62baab3190096f0c81dac9623ecc6355 100644
--- a/config/coreboot/e6430_12mb/target.cfg
+++ b/config/coreboot/e6430_12mb/target.cfg
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ tree="default"
 romtype="normal"
 arch="x86_64"
 payload_grub="n"
-payload_seabios_withgrub="n"
+payload_grub_withseabios="n"
 payload_seabios="y"
-payload_seabios_withgrub="y"
 payload_memtest="y"
+payload_seabios_withgrub="y"
+payload_seabios_grubonly="y"
 grub_scan_disk="ahci"
+microcode_required="n"
diff --git a/config/git/www b/config/git/www
index 0852ac317c96ba3ad4bd6fe94622ff334943d39f..ec9a6fe3cab4de41cd680f290fb17d9e45a3c05c 100644
--- a/config/git/www
+++ b/config/git/www
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {www}{
-	rev: f3001eae5724ef38fe512a378148a2d619a0ff24
+	rev: 6ebb88528e342cae48ee75a6f1bfa1b71002e1c3
 	loc: www
 	url: https://codeberg.org/libreboot/lbwww
 	bkup_url: https://git.disroot.org/libreboot/lbwww
diff --git a/config/grub/patches/0001-borderfix/0002-say-the-name-libreboot-in-the-grub-menu.patch b/config/grub/patches/0001-borderfix/0002-say-the-name-libreboot-in-the-grub-menu.patch
index afc786b0f46bf5ad91c9dfd41b0f69012effba44..9beae1620783fd9a7d4f1a47da71b5e54fb71d60 100644
--- a/config/grub/patches/0001-borderfix/0002-say-the-name-libreboot-in-the-grub-menu.patch
+++ b/config/grub/patches/0001-borderfix/0002-say-the-name-libreboot-in-the-grub-menu.patch
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ index bd4431000..31308e16a 100644
    grub_term_cls (term);
  
 -  msg_formatted = grub_xasprintf (_("GNU GRUB  version %s"), PACKAGE_VERSION);
-+  msg_formatted = grub_xasprintf (_("Libreboot 20231021 release, based on coreboot.    https://libreboot.org/"));
++  msg_formatted = grub_xasprintf (_("Libreboot 20231101 release, based on coreboot.    https://libreboot.org/"));
    if (!msg_formatted)
      return;
  
diff --git a/include/git.sh b/include/git.sh
index f97e5e61fbc51bb168da48fd6102016737fcb1fb..fa53fed1c53b6cb15294c4b3e20a941cd29d79bf 100755
--- a/include/git.sh
+++ b/include/git.sh
@@ -137,7 +137,9 @@ git_am_patches()
 	for patch in "${patchdir}/"*; do
 		[ -L "${patch}" ] && continue
 		[ -f "${patch}" ] || continue
-		if ! git am "${patch}"; then
+		patchfail="n"
+		git am "${patch}" || patchfail="y"
+		if [ "${patchfail}" = "y" ]; then
 			git am --abort || err  "${sdir}: !git am --abort"
 			err  "!git am ${patch} -> ${sdir}"
 		fi
diff --git a/script/update/release b/script/update/release
index 21fa8b61df59258a79f07af1da6bcd3074c33198..4febec8193f945931ac3c30865a97af704c733d3 100755
--- a/script/update/release
+++ b/script/update/release
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ build_release()
 	# now test the vendor insert script, using the release archive:
 	(
 	cd "${srcdir}" || err "!cd ${srcdir}"
+	mkfakeroms
 	for vrom in ../roms/*.tar.xz; do
 		[ -f "${vrom}" ] || continue
 		case "${vrom}" in
@@ -129,11 +130,7 @@ fetch_trees()
 
 mkrom_images()
 {
-	# fake me.bin to make x201 roms build
-	mkdir -p "vendorfiles/cache/" || \
-	    err "mkvdir: !mkdir -p \"vendorfiles/cache/\""
-	dd if=/dev/zero of="vendorfiles/cache/x201_factory.rom" \
-	    bs=68k count=1 || err "mkvdir: can't make fake x201_factory.rom"
+	mkfakeroms
 
 	./build roms all || err "${_xm}: roms-all"
 	./build serprog rp2040 || err "${_xm}: rp2040"
@@ -147,6 +144,15 @@ mkrom_images()
 	mv "release/${version}/roms/" ../roms || err "${_xm}: copy roms/"
 }
 
+mkfakeroms()
+{
+	# fake me.bin to make x201 roms build
+	mkdir -p "vendorfiles/x201/" || \
+	    err "mkvdir: !mkdir -p \"vendorfiles/x201/\""
+	dd if=/dev/zero of="vendorfiles/x201/me.bin" \
+	    bs=68k count=1 || err "mkvdir: can't make fake x201 me.bin"
+}
+
 handle_rom_archive()
 {
 	builddir="${1}"
@@ -272,7 +278,7 @@ mktarball()
 	[ "${2%/*}" = "${2}" ] || mkdir -p "${2%/*}" || err "mk, !mkdir -p \"${2%/*}\""
 	if [ "${tar_implementation% *}" = "tar (GNU tar)" ]; then
 		tar --sort=name --owner=root:0 --group=root:0 \
-		    --mtime="UTC 2023-10-21" -c "${1}" | xz -T0 -9e > "${2}" || \
+		    --mtime="UTC 2023-11-01" -c "${1}" | xz -T0 -9e > "${2}" || \
 		    err "mktarball 1, ${1}"
 	else
 		# TODO: reproducible tarballs on non-GNU systems
diff --git a/script/vendor/inject b/script/vendor/inject
index db8004e4a4062a83453a15274804943a05d7f6ed..93017ceca95e6480af7502f4904bdc665213c448 100755
--- a/script/vendor/inject
+++ b/script/vendor/inject
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ main()
 
 check_board()
 {
-	if ! check_release "${archive}" ; then
+	failcheck="n"
+	check_release "${archive}" || failcheck="y"
+	if [ "${failcheck}" = "y" ]; then
 		[ -f "${rom}" ] || \
 			err "check_board: \"${rom}\" is not a valid path"
 		[ -z "${rom+x}" ] && \