zaknenou@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoIs it possible to erase the UEFI/BIOS using dd or rm -rf on Linux ?yt3.ggpht.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down14
arrow-up142arrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareNaN@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 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-up2·edit-22 months agohmm, so this is not a constant thing among BIOSes and UEFIs
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