From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dan Jones Subject: Re: Seagate Cheetah: Firmware, Bugs, Compatibility? Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 14:23:53 -0800 Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <3E175EF9.CC23D03D@ix.netcom.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Mikael Abrahamsson Cc: Linux-SCSI Mikael Abrahamsson wrote: > > On Fri, 3 Jan 2003, Cress, Andrew R wrote: > > It's not clear from the docs if it's a good idea to flash the drives when > the system is up and running normally, any comments on that? > Yes, never flash a drive that is not idle. A real-time update to running code is not trivial and drive vendors don't support it. -- Dan Jones "'Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill; But of the two, less dangerous is th' offence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense." Pope