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I agree that the bullet-proof method is to use the drive vendor's utilities. But as we progress these days, don't you think we need a standard for this FW update process in the (s)ATA world ? Thanks, Gana ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hale Landis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Gana Pat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 12:36 PM Subject: Re: [t13] ATA Drive firmware update. > There is a command named DOWNLOAD MICROCODE but I don't know of any > drives that implement it or if they do implement it there are vendor > specific and very proprietary requirements to make it work. > > The short answer to Gena Pat's question: Use the vendor's programs - > you will never be able to create a program that will work right. > > Hale > > --Original Message Text--- > From: Gana Pat > Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 09:56:22 -0800 > > Hi Folks, > > I want to write a drive firmware update utility for ATA HDDs. (There > are some rationale why I don't want to use Drive manufacturer's FW > update util). What command is used to update the drive firmware in > the ATA drives ? Is this standard across all the vendors ? Any hint > in this area would be really helpful to me. > > Thanks, > Gana > > > > *** Hale Landis *** www.ata-atapi.com *** >
