Updating a SSD firmware might seem like a big step on linux, as the biggest audience for the ssd manufacturers are windows users.
This means that a lot of tooling and documentation is around on the internet explaining on how todo this on a windows based system.
In the case of OCZ the tool used to update the firmware is linux based, or at least there is a linux based version available. This tool can be used to update the ssd from (Ubuntu) linux, even if it is the primary disk drive. The steps involved are simple:
- Download the tool from OCZ
wget http://www.ocztechnology.com/files/ssd_tools/fwupd_v2.12.05.tar.gz - Unpack the tool:
tar xfvz fwup* - Execute the tool as root:
sudo ./linux[32|64]/fwupd - Reboot the machine