RE:Re: ide drive dying?

From: Hell.Surfers@cwctv.net
Date: Sat Sep 07 2002 - 18:51:27 EST


Why don't IBM do a Linux version? Don't they have a linux firmware utility? I thought IBM had a campaign to support linux...

Thanks. Regards, Dean McEwan. OpenModemTalk creator.

On Sat, 7 Sep 2002 19:19:21 -0400 (EDT) David Forrest <drf5n@mug.sys.virginia.edu> wrote:


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On Sat, 7 Sep 2002 jbradford@dial.pipex.com wrote:

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> Here is the URL:
>
> http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1MIGR-39082
>
> it expressly states that the firmware is intended for the DTLA-307060.

The firmware update is for many more drives than that, My own

     Model=IBM-DTLA-305040, FwRev=TW4OA60A

is also recommended, as well as many with a FwRev=xxxOyzzz with zzz<66A.
Now i have to find a windows machine to try it out on...

Dave,

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 Dave Forrest                                   drf5n@virginia.edu
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