OS uninstallable

[Bret Busby]

On 31/3/23 23:58, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users wrote:
> On Fri, 2023-03-31 at 23:09 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
>> On 31/3/23 21:18, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users wrote:
>>> On Fri, 2023-03-31 at 12:08 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
>>>> Try to find the BIOS version.
>>>
>>>   From Linux run
>>>
>>>     sudo -i
>>>     dmidecode -s bios-version
>>>     dmidecode -s bios-release-date
>>>
>>
>> Those return the same version number and release date, as for the UEFI
>> data from the System Info, that Liam Proven had cited;
>> "N81 Ver. 01.37"
>> "01/03/2019"
> 
> Hi,
> 
> yes I see the check-bios-version-linux-link shows several solutions,
> including the one I posted. My reply was aimed more at a Windows method
> to get the BIOS information, since a We-do-not-support-Linux-technical-
> support happened to give me this "hint" and I misunderstood that Linux
> might not run on your machine, but eventually Windows does.
> 
> Regards,
> Ralf
> 

The problem now, appears to be Catch-22.

After all of the problems involved, and, the UEFI not working to let 
Linux install its EFI stuff, Linux now appears to be working (at least 
for the present), but, MS Windows no longer can be accessed, and, the 
system BIOS/UEFI is so far out of date, that it needs to be updated 
(which might help the problem with the Linux EFI, if the system 
BIOS/UEFI is updated (?) ), but, in thinking about it, the hardware 
manufacturers are so enslaved to Microsoft, that they do not provide for 
BIOS/UEFI to be updated, other than through MS Windows (which, is now, 
on the applicable computer, no longer accessible).

Catch-22, I think.

..
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
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