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Date:      Sat, 11 Nov 2023 12:44:24 +0100
From:      Kurt Jaeger <pi@freebsd.org>
To:        Nuno Teixeira <eduardo@freebsd.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD CURRENT <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Updating motherboard BIOS without MS Windows
Message-ID:  <20231111114424.GE10621@home.opsec.eu>
In-Reply-To: <CAFDf7UJPJSwO0R=5ZiFdRLH0GCnkuWCTmbFYHSfi3uTBpUG9Uw@mail.gmail.com>

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Hi!

> How do you update BIOS without Windows since most brands only have bios
> software to windows?
> 
> I'm about to buy a new pc without windows license and I'm looking for
> brands that have bios-cli that work in FreeBSD.

There's

sysutils/flashrom

which allows to flash some BIOS systems. The website is here:

https://www.flashrom.org/

There's an old page which lists the hardware supported:

https://wiki.flashrom.org/Supported_hardware

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