In the past, several SSD manufacturers had bugs in their firmwares. So to be sure that I can fix such issues with a newly bought SSD, I need some secure (and somewhat easy) way of updating the firmware.

I don’t need to do the update on my own Linux installation. A bootable ISO would be fine, too.

Which manufacturer has some well supported way of updating SSD firmware, even if I don’t have any Windows installations left?

  • 𝖕𝖘𝖊𝖚𝖉@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 year ago

    Have a ready Qemu image of a Windows install. Have a live distro that has (or can install to RAM) Qemu. Boot Windows using Qemu in the live environment, and VFIO-passthrough your NVME as a PCI device. Install and run the official Windows-based update tool, which now has raw access to the SSD.

    At least that’s what I’m doing for my WD.

      • 𝖕𝖘𝖊𝖚𝖉@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        To each their own.

        I thought that the trick with exposing the raw hardware to a VM was the coolest thing ever, since it negates this entire “do their special tools support Linux” issue. And you do it once every 6 months, maybe 4 times in total, until releases taper off.

        • M-Reimer@lemmy.worldOP
          1·
          1 year ago

          But I don’t want to deal with Windows at all. Something like this may be acceptable for existing “pre Linux” hardware to have a solution after migration.

          But I need new hardware in an environment where no Windows is left.

        • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ml
          2·
          1 year ago

          I’m aware I’m jinxing myself when I suggest that I’ve had very different experience. We’re mostly WDReds though.