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? To: noloader@xxxxxxxxx, Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, mikes@xxxxxxxx From: Mr Brian Domenick <bdomenick@xxxxxxxxx> Send reply to: Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue +------------------------------------------------------------+ Michael D. 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