From nobody Sat Nov 11 11:12:04 2023 X-Original-To: freebsd-current@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4SSChF6L3Kz50FH8 for ; Sat, 11 Nov 2023 11:12:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from meka@tilda.center) Received: from c3po.tilda.center (c3po.tilda.center [108.61.164.129]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4SSChF15MLz4lXv for ; Sat, 11 Nov 2023 11:12:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from meka@tilda.center) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=tilda.center header.s=c3po header.b=t0m5e76S; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of meka@tilda.center designates 108.61.164.129 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=meka@tilda.center; dmarc=pass (policy=reject) header.from=tilda.center Received: from [192.168.111.5] (meka.rs [109.93.255.137]) by c3po.tilda.center (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1F57016ADB for ; Sat, 11 Nov 2023 12:08:51 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tilda.center; s=c3po; t=1699700931; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=Mv5Xh/mz9L0fbzIsmjQ6bH8M6ZU77n+KIiQ+gjCqXWU=; b=t0m5e76SiCOrR7Wa+LAd9JV24PNNyuugEiN0FT0M+5fqT2Oj2HgZQUPTkqrRKiwnl6o8DG 5OoZGx1v7TPe7DQ9WxkratUtTr1rkC3SBeYk5QyHLsMqnat9/dcCEWGXc4k+T/9ZFCXsDg qHHR1iE6B8ok0jXQx8CJ6+fdt/hYK/o= Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------aue2gvsx0XCzUHrKYeV8a8V8" Message-ID: <293cd1ee-4f90-4599-91bd-9d2ea1bbac24@tilda.center> Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2023 12:12:04 +0100 List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-current List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: Updating motherboard BIOS without MS Windows To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: Content-Language: en-US From: =?UTF-8?Q?Goran_Meki=C4=87?= In-Reply-To: X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.89 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[tilda.center,reject]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[tilda.center:s=c3po]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; ONCE_RECEIVED(0.10)[]; XM_UA_NO_VERSION(0.01)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-current@freebsd.org]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:20473, ipnet:108.61.164.0/22, country:US]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-current@freebsd.org]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[tilda.center:+]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4SSChF15MLz4lXv X-Spamd-Bar: --- This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------aue2gvsx0XCzUHrKYeV8a8V8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 11/11/23 11:56, Nuno Teixeira wrote: > Hello all, > > Maybe not the best mailing to ask it but... > > How do you update BIOS without Windows since most brands only have > bios software to windows? > > I'm about to buy a new pc without windows license and I'm looking for > brands that have bios-cli that work in FreeBSD. > > Thanks, > > -- > Nuno Teixeira > FreeBSD Committer (ports) The board I have has one of the USB ports as "special". When you copy BIOS/UEFI update to it, stick it there and there's a button to update. I didn't try this myself, I read it from the board documentation, so I can't tell you the exact procedure and if it's doable from within FreeBSD. Regards, meka --------------aue2gvsx0XCzUHrKYeV8a8V8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
On 11/11/23 11:56, Nuno Teixeira wrote:
Hello all,

Maybe not the best mailing to ask it but...

How do you update BIOS without Windows since most brands only have bios software to windows?

I'm about to buy a new pc without windows license and I'm looking for brands that have bios-cli that work in FreeBSD.

Thanks,

--
Nuno Teixeira
FreeBSD Committer (ports)

The board I have has one of the USB ports as "special". When you copy BIOS/UEFI update to it, stick it there and there's a button to update. I didn't try this myself, I read it from the board documentation, so I can't tell you the exact procedure and if it's doable from within FreeBSD.

Regards,
meka

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