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.
My favorite way to update BIOS is with an SPI flasher and flashrom.
Vendor lock-in miscreants like Acer get wrecked. Try and stop me.
Thanks for the suggestion.
I presume from your tone that it is safe to do. Because, I don’t wanna brick my UEFI.
I have saved bricked systems with this flashing tool. Just backup whatever is already on the BIOS chip with
flashrom --programmer model_name -r /path/to/backup.binbefore proceeding, so that it can be copied back over if anything goes wrong.
Thank you. This is so cool.