Linux, Web Dump Firmware updates for Z30 from Linux

Jun 9, 2015 • by Nei

BIOS update

Download bios .exe from Toshiba (US site), it includes ISO (EU updates are only for Windows ☹ )
Extract iso image from .exe
Run isohybrid image.iso
cp image.iso /dev/usbstickhere
reboot
set bios to CSM boot
F12 for boot menu → USB stick
cross fingers…
set bios back to UEFI boot

SSD firmware update

Download Samsung firmware update tool
Download SSD firmware package from Toshiba
extract *.enc firmware files from the self-extracting archive
run ./magician -d 0 -F -p /path/to/firm

Required folder structure for /path/to/firm:

firm/DSRD.enc
firm/FW
firm/FW/<NAME>
firm/FW/<NAME>/<NAME>.enc

Comment #1

Hi,

First, thanks for you post.

I’m trying to download update firmware from US Server, but I can’t find my model Z30-b100 (PT258E Satellite?) .

Can you help me?

Thanks again.

			by zudo 
		2015, October 06 (Tue)@ 01:04

Comment #2

Hi zudo,

that model is not available in the US so we cannot take advantage of their ISO updater.

You may have luck by booting into a FreeDOS USB and using their supplied CHGBIOSF utility. To follow down that route, unpack the BIOS exe from the EU server with an archive manager and then you can find CHGBIOSF and the BIO*.COM file which contains your BIOS. Good luck!

			by Nei 
		2015, December 22 (Tue)@ 10:09