And you are able to boot the DVD? I have a 115 in my machine. It works
great with movies and the SuSE DVDs prior to 8.0. But with 8.0 it won't
boot or read the DVD.
- Herman
On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, suse_ground_zero wrote:
->On Wednesday 10 July 2002 21:00, Herman L. Knief wrote:
->> Basically, if you have a Pioneer 114 or 116 (either one) you are screwed.
->
->
->look here ...
->
->hdc: Pioneer DVD-ROM ATAPIModel DVD-116 0122, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
->
->is working fine ... no problems at all.
->
->
->>
->> http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/wessels_pioneerdvd.html
->>
->> - Herman
->>
->> On Wed, 10 Jul 2002 KMcLauchlan@chrysalis-its.com wrote:
->>
->> ->Mine is a Pioneer 114 or 116. Don't know the
->> ->current firmware version. I'm not at home just now.
->> ->
->> ->I have not flashed the firmware. How does one
->> ->do that, from Linux, when the device doesn't
->> ->have an interactive interface?
->> ->
->> ->I don't have a windows partition, and I don't
->> ->have access to any Windows boxes where I could
->> ->temporarily install the DVD drive for update, so
->> ->it's got to happen via Linux.
->> ->
->> ->I have Googled around and have checked the usual
->> ->suspects (like freshmeat.net) and have found neither
->> ->a utility nor a FAQ/Info.
->> ->
->> ->Is there a general-purpose utility or procedure for
->> ->updating firmware on devices using Linux?
->> ->
->> ->How do you even view the information that's currently
->> ->loaded? Use a debugger and start guessing memory addresses
->> ->to examine?
->> ->I've had no experience with this kind of thing. Where do
->> ->I start?
->> ->
->> ->Thanks,
->> ->
->> ->> -----Original Message-----
->> ->> From: Stuart Powell [mailto:SPowell@pcsolutionsmn.com]
->> ->> Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 12:24 PM
->> ->> To: suse-linux-e@suse.com
->> ->> Subject: Re: [SLE] SuSE on DVD
->> ->>
->> ->>
->> ->> Hello, Kevin.
->> ->>
->> ->> There is a known issue with certain firmware revisions of certain DVD
->> ->> drives (believe me, I wish I could be more specific) including some of
->> ->> the Pioneers.
->> ->>
->> ->> Have you tried flashing the firmware yet ? I am going to be doing a
->> ->> clean 8.0 install on a couple of machines in the near future, both of
->> ->> which have Pioneer's 116 drives. One has the original firmware, the
->> ->> other has been flashed with the latest one from their
->> ->> website. I would
->> ->> be curious to hear if the firmware update cured the problem,
->> ->> should you
->> ->> elect to try it.
->> ->>
->> ->> If not, maybe I'll post my findings once I get around to the installs.
->> ->>
->> ->> Bye for now,
->> ->> Stuart.
->> ->>
->> ->> >>> Kevin McLauchlan