[sf-lug] Best way to install a .exe firmware updater

[Ken Shaffer]

To determine the type of the exe, just use the file command.  Sorry,
no ideas on the running Windows issue.
Ken

On 11/21/19, Akkana Peck <akkana at shallowsky.com> wrote:
> So, I've had my new laptop for a month. Back in July, Rick mentioned
> the Lenovo Carbon X1, and although it was a hair bigger than the 13"
> models I'd been considering, the weight and features sucked me in.
> The Gen 7 is a great Linux laptop, with only a couple of problems:
> in particular, a glitchy trackpad addressed by a firmware update
> that Lenovo only distributes as a .exe.
>
> (Before you say it, Rick: Yes, I knew buying the current generation
> had a risk of some as-yet unknown hardware issues. I took that risk
> knowingly because of much better features/price, and in the hope
> there would eventually be fixes for any Gen 7 specific problems.)
>
> Things I've tried: I've managed to boot from Win PE, Windows 10
> Installer and Windows 10 Recovery, but none of them can run the
> firmware updater (which claims to be 64-bit, but I don't know how to
> confirm that). I've seen references to "Win to Go" sticks but people
> are vague on how they create them. I tried using qemu to install Win
> 10 onto a USB stick, but after 3 hours the install ended up in an
> infinite reboot loop. I also tried Rufus (in Windows in Virtualbox)
> but it errors out partway through without a clear error message.
>
> Has anybody here found a solution for running 64-bit .exes on a
> machine that doesn't have a Windows boot installed?
>
>         ...Akkana
>
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