- install DistroBox -> Ubuntu.
- get current fw version:
sudo smartctl -a /dev/nvmxxx - get SSD FW iso -> https://semiconductor.samsung.com/consumer-storage/support/tools/
- mount it
- unpack /mnt/iso/initrd
- sudo ./fumagician (running in DistroBox: Ubuntu needed)
- restart. confirm firmwware version with
sudo smartctl -a /dev/nvmxxx
from: https://blog.intermit.tech/2021/05/firmware-update-samsung-ssd-in-linux.html/ being in Ubuntu ...
umount /dev/md0
wget https://s3.ap-northeast-2.amazonaws.com/global.semi.static/SAMSUNG_BRAND_SSD_980PRO_ISO/FW/E2512E718DB3E7EWGAJLDA8A7108M1Y2D9M9090J2KIA55338/Samsung_SSD_980_PRO_3B2QGXA7.iso
apt-get -y install gzip unzip wget cpio
mkdir /mnt/iso
sudo mount -o loop ./Samsung_SSD_980_PRO_3B2QGXA7.iso /mnt/iso/
mkdir /tmp/fwupdate
cd /tmp/fwupdate
gzip -dc /mnt/iso/initrd | cpio -idv --no-absolute-filenames
cd root/fumagician/
sudo ./fumagiciananother source: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1348219/how-to-update-samsung-ssd-firmware-from-ubuntu/1386451#1386451