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

[Shayne O'Neill]

If theres a dos util to do it, as there oft is (DOS is perfect for this
sort of thing, because its absolutely single tasking) , use freedos to
do it. Freedos is oft distributed in partial format with flashing stuff.
Rom flashing on a multitasking system is asking for a world of pain. 

-----Original Message-----
From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On
Behalf Of Daniel J. Axtens
Sent: Monday, 16 October 2006 10:02 AM
To: plug at plug.org.au
Subject: Re: flash dvd firmware - was Re: [plug] kill them dead

> 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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