On 12/10/10 20:56, Orion Poplawski wrote: > Sorry, not really on topic but I figured people here would be knowledgeable on > the issue. I'd like to be able to update the firmware on some sata drives, > specifically some WD RE-4 GP WD2002FYPS drives under linux. Any idea if this > is possible? >
Probably yes, tho' I've not tried that model. It depends what controller it's attached to. If it's a plain SATA drive as far as Linux is concerned (no HW RAID), then a recent hdparm should do it. For recent Dell PERC and SAS, controllers, lsiutil and megactl both have options to update the firmware on the drives. I've updated various Seagate, WD, HDs and Intel SSDs using all three methods. Tim. -- South East Open Source Solutions Limited Registered in England and Wales with company number 06134732. Registered Office: 2 Powell Gardens, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 1TQ VAT number: 900 6633 53 http://seoss.co.uk/ +44-(0)1273-808309 _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
