@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 23 days agoIs it possible to erase the UEFI/BIOS using dd or rm -rf on Linux ?yt3.ggpht.commessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down15
arrow-up142arrow-down1external-linkIs it possible to erase the UEFI/BIOS using dd or rm -rf on Linux ?yt3.ggpht.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 23 days agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-square@Kyrgizionlink15•23 days agoIt resides on the MB itself in a separate chip, so no, although there are probably tools to make it possible.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish7•23 days agowhat about this answer ? Is it outdated ? According to it, UEFI could be mounted like a flash drive I understand ?
minus-squareNaNlinkfedilinkEnglish7•23 days 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@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-223 days 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 Is it outdated ?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