zaknenou@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agoIs it possible to erase the UEFI/BIOS using dd or rm -rf on Linux ?yt3.ggpht.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkIs it possible to erase the UEFI/BIOS using dd or rm -rf on Linux ?yt3.ggpht.comzaknenou@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squarezaknenou@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agowhat about this answer ? Is it outdated ? According to it, UEFI could be mounted like a flash drive I understand ?
minus-squareBitrot@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoThey 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-squarezaknenou@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-26 months agohmm, 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 Is it outdated ?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