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Date:      25 Nov 2005 10:11:29 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        "Guillaume R." <raimondeau@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Upgrade a firmware under FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <444q60n4ny.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <7ab0fd580511240221u1f1390f8v@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <7ab0fd580511240221u1f1390f8v@mail.gmail.com>

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"Guillaume R." <raimondeau@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello
> Since a long time I've got a problem with my burner which is :
> cd0: <PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-K13AS 1.11> .
> Cdrecord writes something like: "cannot load media" while there is a
> media inside which works find on another burner.
> So now I decided to use the last chance: the firmware. I found a newer
> than mine on the constructor website. The matter is that it's a .exe
> Does anyone know if it's possible in any way to upgrade a firmware
> under freebsd?

If all you have is a DOS executable, you can't run it under FreeBSD.
FreeDOS is usually good enough for BIOS upgrades, though, so a quick
reboot with a floppy may do it.



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