Perform windows exe BIOS update with WINE

[artshark]

Is this possible? I have a HP Mini 1000 Mi and theres a battery issue that the new firmware update fixes. Unfortunately, HP only issued this is a .exe, so it seems like wine is the only way to actually run it. would this work? Or would I need to fully simulate the windows environment?

[OrbJinzo]

I would not recommend this. you would prolly have to have a full windows enviorment i would assume there is some low level system calls that wine prolly cant handle.

[RaviC]

I would not recommend this. you would prolly have to have a full windows enviorment i would assume there is some low level system calls that wine prolly cant handle.
I had a battery issue with my Dell Laptop a while ago and they sent a BIOS flasher as well - but I had XP on a dual boot then. You should be able to do it with a BartPE live cd (http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/) for Windows. All you will need to make one is another PC with XP or higher. That way you won't have to install XP on your computer.

[Grenage]

For the love of God, please don't do anything critical such as BIOS re-writes using WINE, or any Windows emulation.

[67GTA]

+1 for BartPE. You can install BartPE in Wine, and create the BartPE CD from Ubuntu if you have a Windows install disc for BartPE to use. It basically makes and then boots in to a live Windows pre install CD. You can install the BIOS update from there. This is how I do all of my BIOS updates since HP only releases them in .exe format and there are no longer any Windows partitions on my two HP machines.

[gsauthof]

You can install BartPE in Wine, and create the BartPE CD from Ubuntu if you have a Windows install disc for BartPE to use.

No, you can't install BartPE in Wine ( http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22124 ).