Comments on: HP loves Linux the Windows way

By: admin

admin — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:38:19 +0000

This one is not a zipfile and it can’t be extracted with unzip. I’ll post a screenshot of this (started) installer once I download it again.

By: BsAtHome

BsAtHome — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:13:36 +0000

Most of these files are zipfiles which autoextract on windows. You can use unzip on linux to get the content. Unzip usually recognizes the files.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:26:57 +0000

See above – it’s not an ELF, it’s a Windows PE executable.

However, it works when started with Wine – it starts a simple Windows installer, and eventually you’ll get the files you want (and more confusing, Windows only README files).

By: William

William — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:37:22 +0000

I’ve seen this problem before. Try setting the execute permissions on the .exe file, assuming you haven’t already. Anyway, I agree, someone at HP should get their head(s) out of their nether regions and provide proper support for the Linux systems they sell.

By: Denis

Denis — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:04:12 +0000

I guess if there was demand for it, they would post it. Most places would use this to terminal into a Windows server or desktop anyway.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:46:59 +0000

That’s really funny

By: admin

admin — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:27:44 +0000

Yes I did.

Still no reply.

By: Denis

Denis — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:06:39 +0000

Did you try to let HP know there is a problem before typing up your rant?

By: admin

admin — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:14:42 +0000

$ file sp38272.exe
sp38272.exe: MS-DOS executable PE for MS Windows (GUI) Intel 80386 32-bit

$ chmod 755 sp38272.exe
$ ./sp38272.exe
bash: ./sp38272.exe: cannot execute binary file

By: skirge

skirge — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:43:00 +0000

Are you sure that this .exe won’t run under Linux? I’ve just updated my bios using HP’s update, it was ELF file with .exe extension.