Re: Panasonic DVD-ROM Drive

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From: Keith Laws
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 00:00

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In article <4a1878b1a2jvv@auw.invalid>, Michael Rozdoba
<jvv@auw.invalid> writes
>In article <973366743snz@webcor.demon.co.uk>,
>   Phil Martin <webcor@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> OK - thanks for the lead.  Flashing a DVD-ROM drive seems to be
>> surrounded by dire warnings - is this a case of ensuring the
>> make/model of the drive & using the apprpriate patch?  Or are there
>> other dangers?
>
>Yes - a power failure mid flash. If that happens you're almost certainly
>screwed. Short of buying a UPS, it's just a matter of taking that small
>risk.
>
You also need to trust the guy who wrote the hacked firmware
-- 
Keith Laws

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From: Keith Laws <keith@keithlaws.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Panasonic DVD-ROM Drive
Date: 2000/11/05
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