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BIOS Updates from Ubuntu and other Linux’s

fwupdmgr get-devices fwupdmgr get-updates fwupdmgr update # reinstall the current BIOS fwupdmgr reinstall [DEVICEID|GUID] # use fwupdmgr get-devices to get DEVICEID or GUID Just did this on some old Dell Optiplex 7050/7070's and it works well. Preferable to creating a...

pfSense on a Dell 7050 SFF

Upgrade the BIOS to the latest available In the BIOS Enter BIOS and... (F12 and then choose BIOS Setup) Change the System Configuration => SATA Operation to AHCI (From Raid on) Secure Boot => Secure Boot Enable => Disabled There is currently a problem with the...