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Updating BIOS via Linux ? (lemmy.today)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (7 children)

I know some BIOS update that works with FreeDOS.

Just basically need to flash it into a USB drive and run the BIOS update .exe with it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (6 children)

There's no exe. They don't even provide BIOS file in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (5 children)

What do they provide then?

Also, in Linux there's fwupd

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Updates via Windows update

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nothing on their download page either?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There is no download page for this particular laptop.🥲

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Try to check if it's supported by fwupd then.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Thanks.

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