On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 7:52 AM Andre Robatino <robat...@fedoraproject.org> wrote: > > I have a Lenovo X131e which is currently running an old BIOS from > johnlewis.ie (4.0-6588-g4acd8ea-dirty, 09/04/2014). It was originally a > Chromebook and I replaced the BIOS so there would be no danger of it > automatically reinstalling Chrome. I see there is a Lenovo page at > https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/downloads/ds029771-bios-update-utility-bootable-cd-for-windows-10-64-bit-81-32-bit-64-bit-8-32-bit-64-bit-7-32-bit-64-bit-xp-thinkpad-x131e > with what appear to be BIOS updates from 2019 for the x131e, any machine > type, but labeled as for Windows. Are other people using this already with > Fedora? If I installed it using the Bootable CD image, any reason why the > current Fedora-only install wouldn't continue to work? Just want to make sure > since it's currently working okay and I just don't like the idea of having an > old nonstandard BIOS installed.
Related to Windows-only support... I encounter this on occasion, like on Acer laptops. I work around this by purchasing a SSD with a USB interface (i.e., thumb drive).[0] The thumb drive is SSD-fast, and usually provides USB 3.0. Then I use Rufus to install Windows on the thumb drive. That gives me a Windows2Go machine so I can install firmware updates.[1] Windows2Go is a version (configuration?) of Windows that runs on a thumb drive instead of a hard drive. Finally, I boot to Windows on the thumb drive and install the BIOS or UEFI updates. Once the updates are complete, I put the thumb drive back in the desk drawer until I need to perform another firmware update. Some computers, like some from Dell and HP, support Linux or provide an agnostic procedure that does not depend on Windows. I especially like Dell's procedure. Dell gives you the BIOS/UEFI update as a self-extracting zip file *.exe). But the firmware updater can parse the zip file, so you never need to decompress it. The updater will do it for you. All you need to do is place the EXE file at /boot/efi, then boot into the BIOS, select BIOS Upgrade, and select the EXE from the filesystem. [0] https://rufus.ie/en/ [1] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-10/deployment/windows-to-go/windows-to-go-overview Jeff -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
