@zaknenou@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year agoIs it possible to erase the UEFI/BIOS using dd or rm -rf on Linux ?yt3.ggpht.commessage-square25arrow-up149
arrow-up149external-linkIs it possible to erase the UEFI/BIOS using dd or rm -rf on Linux ?yt3.ggpht.com@zaknenou@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square25
minus-square@Kyrgizion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink20•1 year agoIt resides on the MB itself in a separate chip, so no, although there are probably tools to make it possible.
minus-square@zaknenou@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglish8•1 year agowhat about this answer ? Is it outdated ? According to it, UEFI could be mounted like a flash drive I understand ?
minus-square@Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglish7•1 year 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-square@zaknenou@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-21 year 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 Is it outdated ?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