flash dvd firmware - was Re: [plug] kill them dead

[Daniel J. Axtens]

> I have searched unsuccessfully for guidelines to flashing the firmware of my
> dvd drive, as per Arie's suggestion.  Can anyone point me to description
> of how to flash the firmware under linux?

I'm no expert, but IIRC, the answer is "Don't". :-) The windows app
requires 'raw' native windows devices, and stuffing up the firmware is
a good way to write off an otherwise perfectly good drive.
My guess would be to use a windows boot disk, however I may be
completely wrong and it may be possible under linux.

HTH,
Daniel


On 14/10/06, Gavin Chester <sales at ecosolutions.com.au> wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-10-14 at 17:39 +0800, Gavin Chester wrote:
> > On Sat, 2006-10-14 at 11:45 +0800, Arie Hol wrote:
>
> -snip-
>
> > > Have you considered checking for a firmware update for the drive that you
> > > are using ???
> >
> > Now there's a thought worth investigating just for its own sake - even
> > if entirely unrelated to the original topic ;-)  I'll check it out now.
>
> Newby question ;-):
>
> I have searched unsuccessfully for guidelines to flashing the firmware of my
> dvd drive, as per Arie's suggestion.  Can anyone point me to description
> of how to flash the firmware under linux?  I went to the manufacturer's
> website and downloaded the zip file for my model dvd drive (lite-on),
> unpacked it to get a windoze executable and then tried running it under
> wine.  It ran okay, but complained it couldn't find the drive.  I
> couldn't find a linux binary or tar file so am stumped from here.  Any
> clues - in a general sense?
>
> Gavin
>
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