I am new here. Hello to everybody! :flower:I am trying to flash my Apple's Optiarc 7170A from Firmware 1.08N to 1.08N RC1.Since the Mac has under Fusion as virtual guests both Windows and Linux, I first downloaded the GUI win32 version of BinFlash. However no success . I receive the message DMA mode is needed. I downloaded then the command-line BinFlash for Linux. Scan works now OK but dump gives the message this drive is not supported. (I did not even try the flash command :o.)I went to Vista virtualized this time under Parallels, not Fusion, but again no success at all. The strangest thing happens however under native Mac OSX 10.5 with the Mac command-line Binflash. There I receive the message the Optiarc is a SCSI drive!!!Absolutely wrong, It is a EIDE (P-ATA) ODD.Please, any help will be highly appreciated.:flower:Thanks in advance!!!
[QUOTE=Efaron;2012634]I am new here. Hello to everybody! I am trying to flash my Apple’s Optiarc 7170A from Firmware 1.08N to 1.08N RC1. Since the Mac has under Fusion as virtual guests both Windows and Linux, I first downloaded the GUI win32 version of BinFlash. However no success . I receive the message DMA mode is needed. I downloaded then the command-line BinFlash for Linux. Scan works now OK but dump gives the message this drive is not supported. (I did not even try the flash command :o.) I went to Vista virtualized this time under Parallels, not Fusion, but again no success at all. The strangest thing happens however under native Mac OSX 10.5 with the Mac command-line Binflash. There I receive the message the Optiarc is a SCSI drive!!! Absolutely wrong, It is a EIDE (P-ATA) ODD. Please, any help will be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance!!![/QUOTE]
Hopefully Liggy or Dee can help you.
