Re: A way to use wine to run eprom updates for DVD drives?

[stan <goedigi89__e cox net>]

Roberto Malinverni wrote:
> > -----Messaggio originale-----
> > Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:09:15 -0700
> > From: stan <goedigi89__e 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.