A way to use wine to run eprom updates for DVD drives?
stan
goedigi89__e at cox.net
Mon Jun 30 13:19:23 UTC 2008
Roberto Malinverni wrote:
>> -----Messaggio originale-----
>> Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:09:15 -0700
>> From: stan <goedigi89__e at cox.net>
>> Subject: A way to use wine to run eprom updates for DVD drives?
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The subject says it all. Is there a way to use wine to
>> update the BIOS
>> on DVD drives (and other devices)? When I tried it, it just hung the
>> process.
>>
>> Or another way, without using Windows (I don't have any MS OS)?
>>
>
> It depends on the brand of your drives: NEC/OPTIARC can be flashed natively
> in Linux
> thanks to binflash (it can use both exe and bin files).
>
Don't have NEC.
> In other cases, you have to use something like a "Windows live cd" (I don't
> remember the link, but you need a copy of the XP install CD anyway) or a
> good old DOS floppy boot disk.
> Roberto.
>
That's what I thought, but wanted to check. :-(
Thanks.
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