I have a firmware update rated critical by Lenovo (bios 1.52)
I am now on Fedora 36
The capsule downloads, but on the restart, the attempt fails with some error message
This is some of the output of update.
Devices with the latest available firmware version:
• Embedded Controller
• KXG6AZNV512G TOSHIBA
• Prometheus
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║ Upgrade System Firmware from 0.1.51 to 0.1.52? ║
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║ Lenovo System Firmware Version 1.52
and I can see from some other posts that this may be helpful:
An update requires a reboot to complete. Restart now? [y|N]: n
[tim@fedora boot]$ efibootmgr -v
BootNext: 0002
BootCurrent: 0001
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 0001,001A,0000,001B,001C,001D,001E,001F,0020,0021,0022,0002
Boot0000* Windows Boot Manager HD(1,GPT,cdc5bfef-e901-4033-a1da-a8bfb3986549,0x800,0x82000)/File(\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi)WINDOWS.........x...B.C.D.O.B.J.E.C.T.=.{.9.d.e.a.8.6.2.c.-.5.c.d.d.-.4.e.7.0.-.a.c.c.1.-.f.3.2.b.3.4.4.d.4.7.9.5.}...4................
Boot0001* Fedora HD(1,GPT,cdc5bfef-e901-4033-a1da-a8bfb3986549,0x800,0x82000)/File(\EFI\fedora\shimx64.efi)
Boot0002* Linux-Firmware-Updater HD(1,GPT,cdc5bfef-e901-4033-a1da-a8bfb3986549,0x800,0x82000)/File(\EFI\fedora\fwupdx64.efi)
Boot0010 Setup FvFile(721c8b66-426c-4e86-8e99-3457c46ab0b9)
Boot0011 Boot Menu FvFile(126a762d-5758-4fca-8531-201a7f57f850)
Boot0012 Diagnostic Splash Screen FvFile(a7d8d9a6-6ab0-4aeb-ad9d-163e59a7a380)
Boot0013 Lenovo Diagnostics FvFile(3f7e615b-0d45-4f80-88dc-26b234958560)
Boot0014 Asset Information FvFile(da465b87-a26f-4c12-b78a-0361428fa026)
Boot0015 Regulatory Information FvFile(478c92a0-2622-42b7-a65d-5894169e4d24)
Boot0016 ThinkShield secure wipe FvFile(3593a0d5-bd52-43a0-808e-cbff5ece2477)
Boot0017 Startup Interrupt Menu FvFile(f46ee6f4-4785-43a3-923d-7f786c3c8479)
Boot0018 Rescue and Recovery FvFile(665d3f60-ad3e-4cad-8e26-db46eee9f1b5)
Boot0019 MEBx Hot Key FvFile(ac6fd56a-3d41-4efd-a1b9-870293811a28)
Boot001A* USB CD VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,86701296aa5a7848b66cd49dd3ba6a55)
Boot001B* USB FDD VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,6ff015a28830b543a8b8641009461e49)
Boot001C* NVMe0 VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,001c199932d94c4eae9aa0b6e98eb8a400)
Boot001D* USB HDD VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,33e821aaaf33bc4789bd419f88c50803)
Boot001E* PXE BOOT VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,78a84aaf2b2afc4ea79cf5cc8f3d3803)
Boot001F* LENOVO CLOUD VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,ad38ccbbf7edf04d959cf42aa74d3650)/Uri(https://download.lenovo.com/pccbbs/cdeploy/efi/boot.efi)
Boot0020* ON-PREMISE VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,ad38ccbbf7edf04d959cf42aa74d3650)/Uri()
Boot0021 Other CD VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,aea2090adfde214e8b3a5e471856a35400)
Boot0022 Other HDD VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,91af625956449f41a7b91f4f892ab0f600)
Boot0023* IDER BOOT CDROM PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x14,0x0)/USB(11,1)
Boot0024* IDER BOOT Floppy PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x14,0x0)/USB(11,0)
Boot0025* ATA HDD VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,91af625956449f41a7b91f4f892ab0f6)
Boot0026* ATAPI CD VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,aea2090adfde214e8b3a5e471856a354)
[tim@fedora boot]$
on the reboot, it tries to process the capsule. One of the messages is
QueryCapsuleCapabilities failed
It may or may not be relevant but the normal grub menu no longer has a listing for Windows, another problem which I can’t fix.