I just purchased a new Pioneer DVR-212D today. Thought I'd have to go the route of locating a DOS boot disc, hooking up my floppy, and so on, just to flash the firmware. I don't own a copy Windows, and don't want one either.
Found this utility for Pioneer drives. Works just fine on my SATA DVR-212D
There is also a utility for NEC drives.
http://dvrflash.rpc1.org/ (Newest 2.6.0 includes Linux binary)
http://binflash.cdfreaks.com/ (scoll to the download links for Linux binary)
Rebooted, and rechecked just to make sureCode:bash-3.1$ ./DVRFlash -v /dev/sg0 S0813001.128 DVRFlash v2.6.0: Pioneer DVR firmware flasher by Agent Smith, et al., July 2008 DISCLAIMER THIS PROGRAM IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE ABILITY OF THIS PROGRAM TO FLASH A PIONEER OR COMPATIBLE DVR DRIVE IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION. THIS PROGRAM IS NOT ENDORSED BY PIONEER CORPORATION OR ANY COMPANY RESELLING PIONEER EQUIPMENT AS THEIR OWN BRAND IF YOU UNDERSTAND THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROGRAM AND DISCHARGE BOTH THE AUTHOR AND PIONEER CORPORATION FROM ANY DAMAGE OCCURING AS THE RESULT OF ITS USE, PLEASE INDICATE SO BY ANSWERING THE FOLLOWING QUESTION: Do you understand and agree to the statement above (y/n)? y Commandline: ./DVRFlash -v /dev/sg0 S0813001.128 Reading firmware 'S0813001.128'... firmware is of Normal type (PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-212D 1.28 ), size 1C0000 Drive Information: Description : PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-212D Firmware Rev : 1.24 Firmware Date : 07/08/08 Manufacturer : PIONEER Drive is in normal mode. Additional Drive Information: Serial Number : GGDP035244WL Interface type : SAT DVR generation : 0813 Kernel type : GENERAL Normal type : GENERAL Kernel version : 0001 Status : RPC-2 (region locked) Region : none Changes : 5 region changes remaining 4 vendor resets remaining state is 'Region not set' Are you sure you want to flash this drive (y/n)? y Switching drive to Kernel mode: Description : PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-212 Firmware Rev. : 0000 Firmware Date : 06/08/11 Manufacturer : PIONEER Drive is now in Kernel mode Now sending the Normal part: 0% 25% 50% 75% 100% |============|============|============|============| Please hold your breath for about 30 seconds... Now internal reflashing. Please wait... OK. Updated Information: Description : PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-212D Firmware Rev. : 1.28 Firmware Date : 08/07/25 Manufacturer : PIONEER Flashing operation successful ;)
Code:bash-3.1$ ./DVRFlash DVRFlash v2.6.0: Pioneer DVR firmware flasher by Agent Smith, et al., July 2008 Commandline: ./DVRFlash Device parameter was not given, detecting all DVR drives: Device : /dev/sg0 Vendor : PIONEER Model : DVD-RW DVR-212D Revision : 1.28 Status : RPC-2 (region locked) Region : none Changes : 5 region changes remaining 4 vendor resets remaining state is 'Region not set' Device : /dev/scd0 Vendor : PIONEER Model : DVD-RW DVR-212D Revision : 1.28 Status : RPC-2 (region locked) Region : none Changes : 5 region changes remaining 4 vendor resets remaining state is 'Region not set' Now run DVRFlash again, from the command prompt, using one of the device(s) listed above as first parameter Press the Return key to exit![]()
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