On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 21:51:23 -0600 Dennis Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Friday 14 November 2003 08:39 pm, Brian Parish wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 12:54, Dennis Myers wrote: > > > On Wednesday 12 November 2003 10:14 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: > > > > It looks as though LG has posted revised firmware for affected > > > > drives and also published a method for reflashing already dead > > > > ones. > > > > > > > > Point your browser to http://us.lgservice.com/ > > > > > > > > click Device Driver icon > > > > click CD-ROM link > > > > > > > > The first hit is "Emergency download for Physical Dead Drive > > > > from Mandrake Linux 9.2" > > > > > > > > There is a .gif attached that explains how to reflash the > > > > drives. > > > > > > > > There are also firmware upgrades for 9 drive models. WDYT? > > > > > > This is great but the english is so broken that I am not sure > > > exactly what to do. First problem is how to boot into MS-DOS mode? > > > Second > > > problem is what the heck does C:W(with a bar through it)temp> > > > mean? I can get the light to come on again on the drive but have > > > no idea how to flash the firmware from the discription. Any help > > > is appreciated. Oh, I am trying to revive this drive using a K6II > > > soyo mobo with win2K loaded. > > > > Hi Dennis, > > > > It's not a class act is it! The C with the bar is a character > > mapping error - should be a "\". So this is just the DOS prompt, > > not a command you have to enter. > > > > The example assumes that you've downloaded a program called xferlg > > and stored it in C:\temp > > > > It also assumes that a file called q1iglx32 exists in the same > > directory. Where you get these files is unclear to me, but I have > > looked around their site to try to find them. > > > > The best way to do this is probably to build yourself a DOS boot > > diskette, and copy the downloaded stuff to it. Your procedure would > > then look like: > > > > A:\> Xferlg q1iglx32 [enter] > > > > I presume the CDR-8322B that follows is a response to a prompt > > issued by xferlg. > > > > If you are using W2K, then it's likely that you have NTFS which DOS > > can't read. Hence the suggestion to do all this using a boot > > floppy. > > > > HTH > > Brian > OK, I got the thing figured out to the extent that the firmware file > comes up and looks for the cdrom, which it can not find. > what I did was use a win 98 boot disk to get to msdos. then when I got > a A> prompt I did a C: and into the C drive and then did "cd tmp" > where I had the firmware and executable for my drive and then typed in > "jv4 JV4LGX52" and the firmware install tried to find the CDROM. It > did not so I finally gave up. When I booted the machine and pressed > the eject button with the jumper as shown in a horizontal position it > gave me a light but it stayed on and would not go off. So I don't > know, maybe the thing is really dead or I am doing something else > wrong. If anyone gets it to work on a dead drive please post what you > did. Thanks, -- > Dennis M. linux user #180842 Your win98 boot floppy loads CD-ROM drivers? not sure of relevance. -- Michael
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