-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Thursday 05 February 2004 7:33 pm, Terence Golightly wrote:
> Charlie, > > try this: <whack> > Yes there is an upgrade available. Then I suggest you use it. Depending of course whether Plextor states that it's to make the drive compatible with larger blanks, or for whatever reason actually. > <snip,snip,snip> > > > I've assembled far too many boxes for people using recycled components > > such as CD-RW drives to neglect a firmware update, and if the drive is > > old but has no update available I always test with larger capacity media > > before I'll use it or stick it into a new system. > > I noticed that the firmware upgrades are in an m$ executable format. Is > it time to get the dos boot floppy out again or is there a better way? > I have a FAT32 partition on my disk but I've never used it. I have > samba installed and running but no access to my local /mnt/windows > partition, or can I just change the group permissions and write to it? I usually just go to http://www.bootdisk.com and download any of the DOS based boot disk files. Or a Free DOS version. All you really need on the disk is the firmware file and installer plus command.com and system files. The rest is a waste of effort and space. You should also be able to use something like Dr DOS or similar. Or just get a friend to make you a Windows boot disk and just save the parts you need then add the firmware package from Plextor. It's really not that hard. > > Thanks, > > Terry No problem. Let the list know how it goes? Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake Linux release 10.0 (Cooker) for i586 kernel 2.4.25-0.pre7.2mdk 21:51:50 up 10:59, 1 user, load average: 0.05, 0.02, 0.00 Stay away from flying saucers today. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAIx9xZqvqlrLPr5YRAlm/AJkBroEVf5Q4MHifzTmlkrK+U1wlIgCeLfN5 3xY/njL4oOATZlbWGnBYof0= =h1ll -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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