On 19 Jul 2025 10:55:05 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
A quick search suggests that controller is targeted at servers.
Specifically in this case, a Lenovo server. Lots of CPU cores, lots of
RAM, lots of network interfaces, lots of disks, lots of fans ...
Only, Lenovo insists on making firmware updaters available only through stupid .exe files that only run under Windows. So we had to do a temporary Windows Server installation just to try applying that firmware update,
only for it to fail for some reason we couldnrCOt fathom. But the option to extract the firmware to a .rom file worked.
So we saved that to a USB stick, and then, we rebooted into the UEFI monitor, and it was able to load and apply that .rom file just fine.
Why couldnrCOt Lenovo just make the firmware available in a simple .zip archive to begin with? That would have saved so much trouble. Not to mention, not encouraging the habit among users of downloading and running random .exe files from random websites ...
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