fwpatcher.exe on linux

[klaasmoerman]

hi,
I have a linux computer (kubuntu 6.10) and I want to extract the fwpatcher.exe file (using unzip, as described in the manual), but I get the following error:

klaas@klaas:~/download$ unzip ./fwpatcher.exe

Archive:  ./fwpatcher.exe
  End-of-central-directory signature not found.  Either this file is not
  a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive.  In the
  latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
  the last disk(s) of this archive.
unzip:  cannot find zipfile directory in one of ./fwpatcher.exe or
        ./fwpatcher.exe.zip, and cannot find ./fwpatcher.exe.ZIP, period.

what should I do?

[AlexP]

fwpatcher.exe is a windows executable.  You need to run it under wine in linux.

[rasher]

hi,
I have a linux computer (kubuntu 6.10) and I want to extract the fwpatcher.exe file (using unzip, as described in the manual)

Where did you read this? It is wrong, so if the manual states this, it should be fixed.

[klaasmoerman]

the manual says:

When running Linux you should be
able extracting .exe files using unzip.

[tucoz]

Aha. The .exe files referred to in the manual are not .exe files in general, but self-extracting zip archives. That is, a zip file that you do not have to use winzip or something similar to extract. fwpatcher.exe on the other hand, is a program used to patch iriver firmware files with the rockbox bootloader.

[bluebrother]

the manual says:

When running Linux you should be
able extracting .exe files using unzip.

That refers to the iriver firmware files of which some are distributed as self-extracting zip files. It does not refer to fwpatcher.