On 12.12.20 19.29, bob prohaska wrote:
> Theo  wrote:
>>
>> If the drive is USB I'd be looking at Qemu's USB passthrough at a minimum: I
>> doubt WINE would support such access.  However, given the risk of bricking
>> the drive if the firmware upgrade goes wrong, I would much prefer to do this
>> on a real Windows box.  Much less chance of something breaking halfway
>> through.
>
> Yes, the drive is USB. I agree completely that using a native Windows box is
> best, but I don't have one.
>
> Apt search reports a bunch of qemu-related packages, one of which is called
> qemu-system-arm/stable 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u8 armhf
>    QEMU full system emulation binaries (arm)
>
> Would that be the package to try? It's unclear to me if -arm refers to
> the host architecture or the emulated architechture....
>
> Thanks for posting!
>
> bob prohaska


If you do mind the risk of bricking the drive, please buy, beg or
borrow a genuine Windows 7 box for the upgrade.

These hardware guys' Windows programs are particularly fussy
about really running on Windows (and the version suggested).

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