Hi Bjørn, Am Mon, Jun 24, 2024 at 01:18:52PM +0200 schrieb Bjørn Mork: > > I have no hardware to try this on,
Same here. I'm not seeking any hardware actively. I simply imagine that I want to buy some non-Intel/AMD based laptop which somehow behaves like my normal work-horse without restrictions. > but don't think Windows is strictly > required. None of the usual tools liked the self-extracting exe, but it > extracted fine under Wine on x86. The archive contains instructions on > how to create a bootable USB stick with an EFI application and the new > firmware image. Nothing there you must have or use Windows for. Just > create the USB stick and boot from it. > > Additional fun fact - their Bootaa64.efi application includes this string: > > > /mnt/c/Ubuntu/LenovoTools-GCC-BuildEnv/Scripts/Ubuntu/Build/LenovoToolsPkg/RELEASE_GCC5/AARCH64/ShellPkg/Application/Shell/Shell/DEBUG/Shell.dll > > So you can do without Windows, but they can't do without Debian :-) ;-P > > Argh, I need Windows to install Linux. That's IMHO a no-go. I do not > > buy and hardware which has Windows preinstalled / needs Windows for > > whatever purpose. Do you think that this could/should be a topic to > > talk about with some Lenovo representative at DebConf? > > Well, buying this thing without Windows is still going to be hard... I'm seeking for more such things I could talk about the Lenovo representative at DebConf. ;-) Kind regards Andreas. -- https://fam-tille.de
