zaknenoutoLinux@lemmy.mlEnglish·6 months agoIs it possible to erase the UEFI/BIOS using dd or rm -rf on Linux ?(yt3.ggpht.com)external-linkarrow-up149arrow-down14message-square24fedilink
arrow-up145arrow-down1external-linkIs it possible to erase the UEFI/BIOS using dd or rm -rf on Linux ?(yt3.ggpht.com)zaknenoutoLinux@lemmy.mlEnglish·6 months agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squarezaknenouOPEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down0·6 months agolinkfedilinkwhat about this answer ? Is it outdated ? According to it, UEFI could be mounted like a flash drive I understand ?
minus-squareNaNEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down0·6 months agolinkfedilinkThey should still be possible. It’s not clearing the BIOS though, it is clearing variables loaded into the BIOS. The OS needs to be able to write to them. A good one limits what an OS can write or rebuilds them, a bad one bricks.
minus-squarezaknenouOPEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down0·6 months agoedit-26 months agolinkfedilinkhmm, so this is not a constant thing among BIOSes and UEFIs
what about this answer ? Is it outdated ? According to it, UEFI could be mounted like a flash drive I understand ?
They should still be possible. It’s not clearing the BIOS though, it is clearing variables loaded into the BIOS. The OS needs to be able to write to them. A good one limits what an OS can write or rebuilds them, a bad one bricks.
hmm, so this is not a constant thing among BIOSes and UEFIs