[sorry, forgot to cc netbsd-help]

Richard Rauch said:

> Updating firmware could be problematic, if I need a BillOS program to do
> that.  Or was that something that you could update by buying a chip and
> doing a bit of prying?

Usually an M$ program.  Some are DOS based, so freedos might be a good
solution there.  It is very rarely an actual socketed eeprom or such these
days.  The last drive with socketed firmware I had was an old Chinon SCSI
CD-ROM drive, from about '92...

-- 
-Jon
 "As three unwavering bands of light, we were simple and separate and
 beautiful.  As machines, we were flabby bags of ancient plumbing and wiring,
 of rusty hinges and feeble springs.  And our
 interrelationships were Byzantine."
 - Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions


-- 
-Jon
 "As three unwavering bands of light, we were simple and separate and
 beautiful.  As machines, we were flabby bags of ancient plumbing and
 wiring, of rusty hinges and feeble springs.  And our
 interrelationships were Byzantine."
 - Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions