From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Shanker Balan Subject: Re: Seagate Cheetah: Firmware, Bugs, Compatibility? Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 11:27:56 +0530 Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20030104055756.GA695@exocore.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from godzilla.exocore.com ([202.141.128.65]) (authenticated) by premium.exocore.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h045wlI27386 for ; Sat, 4 Jan 2003 11:28:51 +0530 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Linux-SCSI Hello: Cress, Andrew R wrote, > We also had some problems with those same Atlas drives from > Maxtor/Quantum. The B700 firmware seems to resolve the problems and > we have been satisfied with it. That's good news. Guess I will be spending the weekend flashing them. > I have a Linux tool that should help you download the firmware images > successfully. See http://scsirastools.sourceforge.net, and the tool > is named sgdskfl. I put a copy of the B700 firmware out there and the > firmware update procedure is documented in the UserGuide. Thank you very much. > Both Maxtor/Quantum and Seagate firmware images contain the model > number of the disks that they are intended to be compatible with > inside the image file. sgdskfl checks the model number against the > image itself for safety. Whew! :-D > The Seagate firmware images I have I got via email from Seagate > support. Ok, will bug you in case I ever need them. Thanx for your time Andrew, you have been very helpful. -- Shanu http://shankerbalan.com/ BTW: http://scsirastools.sourceforge.net is great. Wonder why I never came across it before!!! -- "Always try to do things in chronological order; it's less confusing that way."