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Updating BIOS via Linux ? (lemmy.today)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/linux4noobs@programming.dev
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How to update BIOS on a system that only use Linux as OS.

Asking this because some clowns at Acer decided that they will only provide BIOS updates through Windows Update.

Edit: I'm not talking about installing the BIOS file. They don't even provide BIOS file in the first place.

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[–] 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

That is always a risk when updating a bios!

Depending on the motherboard (I think its more on desktop mobos) you get two bios chips, one used to recover from a bad flash of the other

edit it could also be the case there hasn’t been a bios update released

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    There is a new BIOS update. But I think I'm just gonna leave it at this point.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    You might as well try. Had a similar issue with Samsung SSD, where they only had support for windows with a .exe, but which created a small Linux system that was installed in the UEFI boot position. So I searched for the Linux executable in the middle of all that mess and executed it directly. Problem solved.

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