[Discuss] Software Updating Program Called "software"?

[kentborg at borg.org (Kent Borg)]

On 4/30/23 13:14, Edward wrote:
> https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000126687/micron-2200s-pcie-nvme-ssds-exhibit-intermittent-bsod-and-drive-detection-errors 
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> Looks like an update from Dell. Linux info is towards the bottom of 
> the page referencing the same information and where to obtain the update.

That makes sense, but where did this program called "software" suddenly 
come from? And how does it know how to find this firmware but apt-get 
does not?

-kb


P.S. I am getting over being pissed that this XPS-13 can't reliably boot 
from a USB thumb drive nor micro SD card. I run a fully encrypted disk, 
except the boot volume can't be encrypted. So I had the pedantic notion 
of booting off media that I can guard more closely than I can the whole 
laptop. Anyway, this update is frustratingly similar yet distinct from 
my problem. It fixes the boot ROM not finding specific models of NVMe 
SSD, which isn't going to fix not reliably finding removable media of 
any sort. Grrr.