On 15/06/07, Matan Ziv-Av <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Fri, 15 Jun 2007, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: > I have an old DVD burner in a Linux based file server. I would like to update it to > the latest version. While I expect that I will have to put it into a Windows computer > to actually run the update, I would like to get started before I do it, and download > the correct version. > > Is there a way to determine the firware version of a drive? I can't find anything in > DMESG or /proc/ide. A web search was not helpful, I was probably looking for the > wrong thing. hdparm -i /dev/hdc hdparm -I /dev/hdc cdrecord -inq dev=/dev/hdc dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/hdc
As for getting a good firmware (which at least on my LG I managed to upgrade without having Windows on my system), here is the site to look for good hardware: http://forum.rpc1.org/portal.php Cheers, --Amos
