Can you flash a DVDr drive under virtualization?

[scootermaster]

Except I don't have windows. I do, however, have VMWare and an XP install.

Think it's possible to flash the drive from that? If not, how the heck might I do that, short of popping it out and into someone else's computer?

 

[scootermaster]

Uhhh...I'm gonna have to say no on that one. Seems like something to file away under "REALLY HORRIBLE IDEA"

But that begs the question: How do you flash a drive if you don't have windows? You just don't?

 

[Dahak]

been a long time since i had to flash the firmware on a dvd drive, but i do remember some offering a bootable dos flash, you could see if they have that but otherwise if its windows only then that would be the only way

 

[Nothinman]

I don't think I've ever had the inclination to flash the firmware on an optical drive. But yea, I'd probably end up just taking it into work and hooking it up to a Windows machine.