I have a Compaq Presario V4000 laptop currently running version F.03 BIOS. After spending a while looking through HP and Compaq's websites, Archive.org and Google, I determined that the BIOS updater for the laptop was sp32790.exeon HP's FTP server at ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp32501-33000/sp32790.exe with the readme at ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp32001-32500/sp32790.html.As the laptop is running Ubuntu(15.04), I cannot run the exe directly. I have tried running it in FreeDOS, which errored: This program cannot be run in DOS mode. Trying in Wine errors:Cannot open driver Flash1.sys. The driver is not existed or the OS is not in administrator privilege. ...after accepting the T's & C's, however leaves a BIOS folder in Wine's C drive:- BIOS|   - WF|   |   - 3081F17.WPH|   |   - flash1.ini|   |   - FLASH1.sys|   |   - mfc42.dll|   |   - msvcp60.dll|   |   - msvcrt.dll|   |   - Phlash9X.vxd|   |   - PHLASH.INI|   |   - PHLASH.LOG|   |   - PhlashLc.dll|   |   - PhlashNT.sys|   |   - wflash.exe|   |   - WinPhlash.exeUnpacking the original exe reveals 3081F17_WIN.exe which then contains the same files as above, save the log.Running WinPhlash.exe via Wine errors:Failed to initialise the driver. Driver failed to provide access to the BIOS memory. Error code: -122Any ideas on how I could install this update?Note the laptop WILL NOT boot from USB(at least on the current BIOS. How ironic.)
Problems updating BIOS via Ubuntu
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