Thanks for the info. Wasn't aware that firmware update
could cause that kind of problem.
On 19 Dec 2022 at 11:51, Mr Brian Domenick wrote:
Date sent: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 11:51:48 -0800
Subject: Re: OT: Can Fedora upgrade firmware on
WD SSD drives?
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From: Mr Brian Domenick
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> Keep in mind, when you do the update in windows you then don't
> necessarily have linux drivers that match the new firmware. i was burned
> on this a few months back with the trackpad and i ended up just buying
> another one from china that was unupgraded after the trackpad was
> upgraded when windows was running. i learned my lesson since then. If
> its working and the firmware is not available via fwupdmgr then I am not
> loading it. Trying to get any of the groups to deal with it is a pain in
> the ass at each step. Eventually Lenovo admitted to me it was there
> problem and they had a tool available by request to remove the update
> that was applied, but by that point, it was replaced already and this
> was not through the support channel that offerred me the tool.
>
> On 12/19/22 11:43 AM, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 2:26 PM Michael D. Setzer II via users
> > <users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> >> Contacted them, since web site seemed to only have
> >> option to upgrade firmware using a windows program?
> >> Got a reply that that is currently the case, and only option
> >> would be to install windows on machine, or remove drive
> >> and put in windows machine to upgrade??
> > Yeah, I've grown tired of this. I now file complaints with the
> > Attorney General's Office. Maybe they will do something about it one
> > day.
> >
> >> I've got 5 Linux machines at home that all have WD SSD
> >> drives, and a few of the earlier ones have older firmware
> >> that others of the same model..
> >>
> >> Don't know if makes any real difference or what
> >> improvements firmware updates would do. Kind of
> >> disappointed that they don't have a Linux option.
> >> Have used my Linux based G4L program to image old
> >> drives to the SSD drives with no problems, and had heard
> >> good things on the drives.
> > You might try fwupdmgr (1) and the `fwupdmgr update` command.
> >
> > The rub is, I don't know if fwupdmgr has WD firmware in its database.
> >
> >> Wonder if someone knows of an option. Don't know if
> >> windows program to update firmware might work with
> >> wine or not??
> > I don't think Wine will work. When I asked about it several years ago
> > I was ridiculed for asking such a dumb question.
> >
> > One thing I've been looking into is Rufus and the 'Windows to Go'
> > thing. It's Windows on a thumb drive. My thinking is, if we can boot
> > the machine to Windows using the thumb drive, we may be able to
> > perform the firmware updates. But I have not tried (yet).
> >
> > The problem with Rufus is, it's not well documented for this use case.
> > It also lacks a mailing list, so we can't ask the community or lookup
> > previous questions/answers on the matter. I think the only support
> > option is email the developer directly, which I have avoided to date.
> >
> > Jeff
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