Re: update bios from debian

[emetib <chadbrabec@gmail.com>]

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.