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From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] firmware update for an external (USB) hard drive
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:38:48 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAEH5T2OCyoX2dbsyF41uxn8jSGoQAiXnQ1Y4ZYjdzOXxvw2v6w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1351685214.3242.0@numa-i>

On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 7:06 AM, Helmut Jarausch
<jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> googling didn't help me.
> I've just got an Intenso Memory Center. According to smartctl it contains a
> Seagate Barracuda ST3000DM001-9YN166 hard disk.
> And smartctl reminds me to check for a firmware update, and indeed, there is
> one.
> But how can I update the firmware for hard disk connected via USB ?
> (The stand alone utility from Seagate doesn't see the drive.)
>
> Many thanks for a hint,

I believe you must attach the drive directly via SATA connection, not
USB. I have not heard of HDD firmware update working over USB ever.

If you are not suffering any problems known to be fixed by the
available firmware update, I would not worry about it.


      reply	other threads:[~2012-10-31 14:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-10-31 12:06 [gentoo-user] [OT] firmware update for an external (USB) hard drive Helmut Jarausch
2012-10-31 14:38 ` Paul Hartman [this message]

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