Re: update bios from debian
On Thu, Mar 08, 2018 at 03:38:58PM +0100, Sven Hoexter wrote: > On Wed, Mar 07, 2018 at 09:22:06PM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: > > Hi, > > > sudo apt install grub-imageboot; > > sudo cp 7wuj43uc.iso /boot/images; > > sudo update-grub2; > > > > then reboot, and select the right cd image in your grub menu. > > That's a nice approach. > Added it to https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware/Updates which already collects a > few > other ways on how you can handle BIOS/EFI/Firmware updates. > > Sven > Great information, thanks Don & Sven!
Re: update bios from debian
On 03/07/2018 07:37 PM, emetib wrote: has anyone tried to update their bios from debian or linux in general? i've looked at these pages -> https://wiki.debian.org/FlashBIOS https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/downloads/DS038945 and have downloaded the packages that they say to get, and have also downloaded the new bios from lenovo's website. don't really want to turn my laptop into a brick, so i'm curious if anyone has done this before, and if so anything that i should worry, not worry about? the lenovo site say to just click on the .exe, yet i don't know if it needs windows to do the install or not. It's easy to do using WindowsXP Live cd, less than 593Mb Zip file download. https://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd Cheers, -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Sid/Testing - Trinity KDE 3.5 - AMD A8-7600 - EXT4 at sda8 Registered Linux User #380263
Re: update bios from debian
On Wed, Mar 07, 2018 at 09:22:06PM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: Hi, > sudo apt install grub-imageboot; > sudo cp 7wuj43uc.iso /boot/images; > sudo update-grub2; > > then reboot, and select the right cd image in your grub menu. That's a nice approach. Added it to https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware/Updates which already collects a few other ways on how you can handle BIOS/EFI/Firmware updates. Sven
Re: update bios from debian
On Mar 8, 2018 12:22 AM, "Don Armstrong"wrote: Just: sudo apt install grub-imageboot; sudo cp 7wuj43uc.iso /boot/images; sudo update-grub2; then reboot, and select the right cd image in your grub menu. Going OT a little but is that all you have to do to add ISOs to grub!? -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com Live and learn or die and teach by example -- a softer world #625 http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=625
Re: update bios from debian
On Wed, 07 Mar 2018, emetib wrote: > found a cd image, yet don't have any cd's to burn one to. i only use > usb sticks now. doing more searching and it seems others have updated > their bios' from linux, so i'll keep reading. Just: sudo apt install grub-imageboot; sudo cp 7wuj43uc.iso /boot/images; sudo update-grub2; then reboot, and select the right cd image in your grub menu. -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com Live and learn or die and teach by example -- a softer world #625 http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=625
Re: update bios from debian
On 03/07/2018 10:37 PM, emetib wrote: > has anyone tried to update their bios from debian or linux in general? > > i've looked at these pages -> > https://wiki.debian.org/FlashBIOS > https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/downloads/DS038945 > > and have downloaded the packages that they say to get, and have also > downloaded the new bios from lenovo's website. > > don't really want to turn my laptop into a brick, so i'm curious if anyone > has done this before, and if so anything that i should worry, not worry > about? > > the lenovo site say to just click on the .exe, yet i don't know if it needs > windows to do the install or not. > > any thoughts? > thanks. > em > > I looked at the Lenovo support site and saw no evidence of a bootable BIOS update CD for the G405 and G505. For the Lenovo systems I've seen before those images are available alongside the Windows executable (.exe) updater that you've downloaded. The .exe will not work from within Linux, and you don't want to try using it from within WINE. You should ask Lenovo if they can supply the bootable BIOS update CD. Here's a quote from the Lenovo site regarding the BIOS Update CDs available for Thinkpad laptops: The BIOS Update CD can boot the computer disregarding the operating systems and update the UEFI BIOS (including system program and Embedded Controller program) stored in the ThinkPad computer to fix problems, add new functions, or expand functions as noted below. I think that's the type of BIOS / UEFI updater you want. You can use such an image by burning it to CD and booting from the CD, or you can use information from one of the many locations online like https://workaround.org/article/updating-the-bios-on-lenovo-laptops-from-linux-using-a-usb-flash-stick/ to create and use a bootable usb flash drive as the basis for updating the system. I'm concerned that Lenovo doesn't seem to make the update CD image for the G405/G505. Do they only provide them for Thinkpads? If so, not cool. Hope you find a solution. JP
Re: update bios from debian
On Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at 10:00:05 PM UTC-6, emetib wrote: > has anyone tried to update their bios from debian or linux in general? > > i've looked at these pages -> > https://wiki.debian.org/FlashBIOS > https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/downloads/DS038945 > > and have downloaded the packages that they say to get, and have also > downloaded the new bios from lenovo's website. > > don't really want to turn my laptop into a brick, so i'm curious if anyone > has done this before, and if so anything that i should worry, not worry > about? > > the lenovo site say to just click on the .exe, yet i don't know if it needs > windows to do the install or not. > > any thoughts? > thanks. > em found a cd image, yet don't have any cd's to burn one to. i only use usb sticks now. doing more searching and it seems others have updated their bios' from linux, so i'll keep reading. thank you.
Re: update bios from debian
On Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at 10:00:05 PM UTC-6, emetib wrote: > has anyone tried to update their bios from debian or linux in general? > > i've looked at these pages -> > https://wiki.debian.org/FlashBIOS > https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/downloads/DS038945 > > and have downloaded the packages that they say to get, and have also > downloaded the new bios from lenovo's website. > > don't really want to turn my laptop into a brick, so i'm curious if anyone > has done this before, and if so anything that i should worry, not worry > about? > > the lenovo site say to just click on the .exe, yet i don't know if it needs > windows to do the install or not. > > any thoughts? > thanks. > em don't have a lenovo cd. don't know if i ever got one, i'll have to take a look around for one online.
Re: update bios from debian
On Wed, 07 Mar 2018, emetib wrote: > has anyone tried to update their bios from debian or linux in general? In the past, I've used Lenovo's CD image to update the bios; it's generally easier and better tested. For server hardware, HP's and Dells firmware update packages have worked well when I've used them. -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com A people living under the perpetual menace of war and invasion is very easy to govern. It demands no social reforms. It does not haggle over expenditures on armaments and military equipment. It pays without discussion, it ruins itself, and that is an excellent thing for the syndicates of financiers and manufacturers for whom patriotic terrors are an abundant source of gain. -- Anatole France
update bios from debian
has anyone tried to update their bios from debian or linux in general? i've looked at these pages -> https://wiki.debian.org/FlashBIOS https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/downloads/DS038945 and have downloaded the packages that they say to get, and have also downloaded the new bios from lenovo's website. don't really want to turn my laptop into a brick, so i'm curious if anyone has done this before, and if so anything that i should worry, not worry about? the lenovo site say to just click on the .exe, yet i don't know if it needs windows to do the install or not. any thoughts? thanks. em