[ltp] [not really Linux] Capabilities of the DVD drive on R40

[Carlo Hamalainen]

Alexander Gran wrote:

>My T40p CD/DVD reads DVD-R, DVD+R but not the -RW media.
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My T40 (with a CD/DVD drive, no burning capability) can handle -R and 
-RW media, but not +R stuff. Weird.

I got the impression that the firmware upgrade (mentioned in this 
thread) lets the drive read + and - discs, but is there any way to avoid 
making 6 floppies? I'm not really keen on buying an external floppy 
drive to update some firmware.

For that matter, why is most of the bios/firmware for these Thinkpads 
coming out on floppy? Surely there's a better way?

-- Carlo