any drawbacks to using copy-nand and save-nand to install XO images

[Mitch Bradley]

Bryan Berry wrote:
> Other than the fact that the firmware security has to be left disabled
> to use these commands, are there any technical drawbacks to using these
> commands? I use them extensively and hope I am not causing some kind of
> damage to our XO's
>
>   
save/copy-nand don't preserve user data, but I'm sure you know that and 
perhaps even want it in some situations.

If they do what you want, by all means continue to use them.  They do 
not damage your XOs.