SSD undetected? (linux users)

[Fraoch]

[knocking on wood] I haven’t had this problem. But yes, firmware updates are impossible in Linux. WD absolutely ignores Linux.

I wrote a guide to get Windows (not Windows To Go) running off a USB drive:

Install Windows to USB with Ventoy

I tried out @David_Rasch’s excellent guide to installing the Windows-only Framework BIOS updater for Linux users here: And inspired by this success, I tried to run the WD Dashboard software to update the firmware in my WD SN850 SSD I have installed. Unfortunately WD Dashboard doesn’t run this way. It cannot run by command line, it needs to install to a GUI and since the Windows installer doesn’t have this type of environment, it errors out with a “this version of Windows is not supported” er…

and it will allow you to run WD Dashboard and update your drive firmware, but it will mess with your Linux install so be prepared.

There does not seem to be any other way to update the firmware. WD hides the firmware files.