cannot install unetbootin

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Thu, 2024-03-07 at 19:08 +0000, Liam Proven wrote:
> There is a UEFI-based firmware updating tool for Linux now. It's
> called "fwupd" and it has a GNOME front end called "Firmware".
> 
> But it's not universal. It can only update systems and components it
> knows about.

In my experiences firmware updates of nowadays mobos can be done by the
firmware, without an operating system installed at all.

I suspect that firmware updates of almost all, if not all nowadays SSDs
can't be done. I haven't tested pass through options of a Windows VM for
updating SSD firmware. I think it is unlikely that this will work.

At least firmware updates via USB do work by USB pass through.

A few days ago I used Windows 11 to update the firmware of a musical
instrument [1] and in the past I updated iOS using a Windows (IIRC XP
and/or Windows 7) guest.

[1]
"Linux

We consider all Studiologic users the same way. This also includes Linux
users.
Unfortunately, the current implementation of Numa Manager is based on a
third-party library that is compatible with Windows and macOS only.
We have already asked the vendor to make the library compatible with
Linux as well and we hope this will happen soon. In the meantime stay
tuned and if you are a Linux user, let us know on our socal channels." -
https://www.studiologic-music.com/support/articles/1574843/