Thin client t620 Linux BIOS update

[John___Smith]

I want to update the BIOS of my hp t620 thin clients. It should be possible with Linux OS.

But the files are missing: there is no flash utility and no firmware download. Only a Windows .exe file.

http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/swd/public/readIndex?sp4ts.oid=5404709&swLangOid=8&swEnvOid=54

HP Thin Client System BIOS (L40 BIOS) (International)

[WAWood]

John___Smith

Hello;

Allow me to welcome you to the HP forums!

Sorry, but I don't have very good news for you ...

THIS is the primary reason many folks retain dual-boot setups with both MS Windows and a Linux distro -- the apps that OEMs provide for updating BIOS only run in MS Windows, not in Linux.

If you have an MS Windows box, you can install and run 7-Zip to uncompress the HP BIOS softpaq archives into the constituent files.  But then, you still need a BIOS flash utility to apply the updates, and HP does not supply one that runs in Linux.

[John___Smith]

Thanks!

It is stated:

For systems with Linux installed, you can also use the BIOS flash utility provided and its associated driver to restore or upgrade the system BIOS within a Linux environment

unar sp77036.exe gives:

sp77036.exe: Self-extracting CAB
/L40_0213.exe (5813568 B)... OK.
Successfully extracted to "./L40_0213.exe".

This file L40_0213.exe cannot be extracted further.

[WAWood]

That's because the extracted .EXE file is a Windows executable, not a self-extracting archive.

And, as you probably know, Windows executables can not be run in Linx.

[John___Smith]

Windows executables can be run in Linx.

Wine is a free implementation of Windows on Unix.

https://www.winehq.org/

I do not wish to install Wine on my thin clients.

Thanks anyway.

[WAWood]

OK, you're right -- SOME Windows executables can be run in Linux, but NOT the BIOS update programs.