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-square24fedilinkarrow-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-square24fedilink
minus-squareKyrgizion@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down4·2 months agoIt resides on the MB itself in a separate chip, so no, although there are probably tools to make it possible.
minus-squarezaknenou@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agowhat about this answer ? Is it outdated ? According to it, UEFI could be mounted like a flash drive I understand ?
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
It resides on the MB itself in a separate chip, so no, although there are probably tools to make it possible.
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 Is it outdated ?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