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by 5e92cb50239222b 1550 days ago
Modern Samsung SSDs support online updates. Here's SMART from mine:

  Firmware Updates (0x16): 3 Slots, no Reset required
Same thing as BIOS flashback in modern motherboards. Flash it and reboot, if anything is broken it'll roll back (hopefully).
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Ok that makes more sense. TBH I would still boot from a USB stick though. But it makes sense they would implement that, why make ordinary users need to do that. After all, you might need to deploy a security patch these days without user intervention.