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

[Ivarsson, Torbjorn (T)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl Nygard [mailto:cjnygard@fast.net]
> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 11:01 AM
> 
> On Mon, 2004-03-29 at 18:22, Ivarsson, Torbjorn (T) wrote:
> > 6) Instead I ran the file 42upi214.exe, which I without too 
> many braincells figured out was my correct firmware.
> Does this mean I could flash from XP if I just knew which program to
> run?  (he said hopefully...)

Yes. Though I created a bootable CD (which boots with DOS) just to have a cleaner OS - just in case... I'm not sure I'd want to use the command prompt (in XP) to do the flash. But maybe I'm just paranoid...

> > Note: Always use common sense when upgrading firmware. You 
> may ruin the drive.
> Um, what's that supposed to mean, exactly?

Oh, just a standard disclaimer ;)  Don't blame me if your drive gets ruined because you did what I said... The steps worked for me, your situation may be different.

T.