Firmware upgrade message on login, what to do?

[Bo Berglund]

On Sun, 14 Nov 2021 18:12:11 +0100, Bo Berglund <bo.berglund at gmail.com> wrote:

>I googled this how-to page:
>https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/upgrade-update-samsung-ssd-firmware/
>
>According to this on Linux command prompt the process is:
>
>sudo fwupdmgr get-devices #Check available devices
>sudo fwupdmgr refresh #Get new f/w data for the found devices
>sudo fwupdmgr update  #Do the actual upgrade
>sudo reboot
>
>Is this the correct way to upgrade the SSD firmware and is it safe when done via PuTTY SSH?

I bit the bullet and did as suggested in the how-to page:

$ sudo fwupdmgr refresh
$ sudo fwupdmgr update

It ran pretty smoothly and after the reboot that is necessary to complete the
update I got this after logging on:

$ fwupdmgr get-upgrades
Devices with no available firmware updates:
 • System Firmware
 • UEFI dbx
Devices with the latest available firmware version:
 • SAMSUNG MZALQ512HALU-000L1
 • Unifying Receiver

So it looks like it was a safe update. :)


-- 
Bo Berglund
Developer in Sweden