Updating the Dell UEFI BIOS in Ubuntu 20.04 Using the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.ย. 2024
- Updating the Dell UEFI BIOS Setup, SSD Firmware and Dock Firmware (e.g. WD19TB) using the Linux Vendor Service (LVFS) and the Linux Firmware Update Manager (fwupdmgr) command line.
Commands:
fwupdmgr get-devices
fwupdmgr get-updates
fwupdmgr update
Written Guide:
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I was really looking for this.....
Thanks Philip 👍🏻
Thanks, this came in handy with my Dell BIOS upgrade
It also worked on EndeavourOS, thank you for the tutorial 🙂
I think twice before flashing if you have (or hope to have) a dual boot environment. I learned this the hard way. After getting the dual boot setup successfully, which isn't easy with a SATA /RTS raid array config, I got a notification letting me know that my BIOS had an available update. So I followed along and rebooted afterward. Upon reboot, I noticed that the grub tool didn't load. It just booted straight into Ubuntu. After rebooting again into boot settings, Ubuntu was the only option on the boot seq.
After researching, I would say that it is no coincidence that your bios program started with Ubuntu 20.04. this is the same release that certified most of the newer Dell PC models, which means that all those models started shipping with Ubuntu pre-installed as an option. These pre-installs required Dell to keep a separate "Ubuntu-native" version of each model's factory bios.
Imo, this is bittersweet. Just as we've always had to worry about the windows native bios not supporting a fresh install, we now need to worry about the Ubuntu bios not supporting installs that we've had, at times, for years...
I'm using dell Inspiron 3542. When i use get-updates ,it says there is no firmware update available. But my bios version is A11 and current version is A16.
And there is also update error in my system firmware section of get-devices.
What should I do??
The LVFS will only work with the models that Dell have submitted UEFI BIOS updates to the LVFS. That is a 4th generation Intel model. I believe Dell only started doing this and the ability to update natively via a USB flash drive with selected 6th generation Intel models and later. You will need to unfortunately use a FreeDOS bootable USB to update it.
When I use an usb in BIOS flash update and select my file (.exe), it shows INVALID FILE!
(I followed your tutorial, format fat32, so on .). Regards.
What model and what is the file name?
@@philipyip1988 It's dell inspirion 15 3505 (Ryzen 5 and 8 GB) and the file is Inspiron_3505_1.2.0.exe. I'll try to update from windows, thanks for answering. Regards.
The downgrade is disallowed as the OEM set the "version-lowest" value of the new firmware to be higher than any of the older releases. Typically this is done if the SPI config area is upgraded to a new format, but in this case it's probably due to a critical CSME issue so serious that Dell really didn't want you to run the old version.