cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/41741300
As a lifelong Windows user I’ve just for the first time switched to Ubuntu and I’m learning how to navigate the system but I haven’t found an easy way to update my Carbon’s X1 Gen 6 BIOS from its hard disk and would appreciate any advice.
I’d be also happy to hear what I should do as a newcomer to Ubuntu to make my experience with it better and have an easier time overall.
I don’t really have an answer but I’m curious why USB isn’t an option?
I’m pretty sure you can do the bios on Thinkpads etc through “fwupdmgr” (I guess it means Firmware Update Manager). I definitely did mine through it.
There’s a bit of info on here: Linux Mint Forums - [SOLVED] BIOS update on Lenovo ThinkPad X1C 7th gen
It should apply the same to Ubuntu as it does for Linux Mint.
No guarantee this will work, but there seems to be instructions from the arch wiki here: wiki.archlinux.org Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 6)
Try at your own risk of course, but maybe an option if nothing else works?
Thank you so much, this was insightful! The system actually has a firmware update which did the trick (to version 1.63) but it didn’t get the latest version so I’ve tried updating BIOS manually via a flashdrive with the latest version (1.64) but it doesn’t see the flashdrive material when I load (I’m sure I’ve written the drive correctly).
