How to run Intel-NVMe-SSD-Update-Tool?

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Lenovo offers an update tool for the NVMe SSD of my notebook (Lenovo X390). Unfortunately, the installation instructions (README.txt) are not sufficient to run the update tool.
What do I need to do to run the update tool?

"INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Copy firmware update tool to local directory.

  2. Add execution permission if required.
    a. Irmfuu file may not be executable (w/o “x” attributeW to file) after copy.
    In this case, run chmod + x irmfuu to add execution permission to the file and run
    all after that to confirm “x” /execution permission is added to irmfuu.

  3. Switch to root then run irmfuu executable.
    a. Switch to root or add $user to root group to run sudo.

  4. Reboot and check update result.
    a. Run irmfuu show after system reboot to confirm update result."

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Welcome to the forum! :slight_smile:

Well, the instructions are pretty clear to me.

  1. Copy the firmware update tool to a local directory (“folder”). This tool is obviously called irmfuu.

  2. Make sure that the file has execute permission. :arrow_down:

if [ ! -x irmfuu] && chmod 755 irmfuu
  1. You can execute it with sudo. :arrow_down: 
sudo ./irfmuu

Note: Using an absolute or relative path to the file is necessary if the file is not stored in a directory that’s already in your $PATH. So the above command assumes that you are in the directory (“folder”) that the file is in. If it’s in a different folder, then you have to prepend the filename with the path to the file, e.g. :arrow_down:

sudo /path/to/where/it/is/irmfuu
  1. Reboot, and then run the utility to check the result of the update…
sudo ./irmfuu show
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It worked. Thanks a lot!!!
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