Linux Friendly Hardware Database ??

[Mogens Kjaer]

Michael A. Peters wrote:
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> I googled the error and found that my drive is old enough that for the 
> new media types, I need to update the firmware on the drive. Went to get 
> the new firmware, and read the instructions. You can not update the 
> firmware from a DOS boot floppy, you update the firmware from within 
> Windows.

Have you tried googling for "<your drive name> firmware linux"?

Mogens

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