Seagate Oddity: where to get a firmware and tools to upgrade it.

[Alain Hebert]

	In the following list, the seagates (ST318406LW) with firmware 0108
operate at half the speed of the 0109.

	Any idea where to get a tool to read/write firmware for seagate drive?

	Thanks.

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<SEAGATE ST318406LW 0108>          at scbus0 target 0 lun 0 (pass0,da0)
<SEAGATE ST318406LW 0109>          at scbus0 target 1 lun 0 (pass1,da1)
<SEAGATE ST318406LW 0108>          at scbus0 target 2 lun 0 (pass2,da2)
<SEAGATE ST318406LC 010A>          at scbus0 target 3 lun 0 (pass3,da3)
<SEAGATE ST318406LC 010A>          at scbus0 target 4 lun 0 (pass4,da4)
<SEAGATE ST318406LW 0109>          at scbus1 target 0 lun 0 (pass5,da5)
<QUANTUM ATLAS 10K 18WLS UC8A>     at scbus1 target 1 lun 0 (pass6,da6)
<QUANTUM ATLAS10K3_18_SCA 020W>    at scbus1 target 3 lun 0 (pass7,da7)
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da6 at ahc1 bus 0 target 1 lun 0
da6: <QUANTUM ATLAS 10K 18WLS UC8A> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-3 device 
da6: 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz, offset 31, 16bit), Tagged
Queueing Enabled
da6: 17518MB (35877972 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 2233C)
da7 at ahc1 bus 0 target 3 lun 0
da7: <QUANTUM ATLAS10K3_18_SCA 020W> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-3 device 
da7: 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit), Tagged
Queueing Enabled
da7: 17537MB (35916548 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 2235C)
da0 at ahc0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
da0: <SEAGATE ST318406LW 0108> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-3 device 
da0: 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz, offset 63, 16bit), Tagged
Queueing Enabled
da0: 17501MB (35843670 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 2231C)
da2 at ahc0 bus 0 target 2 lun 0
da2: <SEAGATE ST318406LW 0108> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-3 device 
da2: 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz, offset 63, 16bit), Tagged
Queueing Enabled
da2: 17501MB (35843670 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 2231C)
da1 at ahc0 bus 0 target 1 lun 0
da1: <SEAGATE ST318406LW 0109> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-3 device 
da1: 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz, offset 63, 16bit), Tagged
Queueing Enabled
da1: 17501MB (35843670 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 2231C)
da4 at ahc0 bus 0 target 4 lun 0
da4: <SEAGATE ST318406LC 010A> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-3 device 
da4: 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz, offset 63, 16bit), Tagged
Queueing Enabled
da4: 17501MB (35843670 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 2231C)
da3 at ahc0 bus 0 target 3 lun 0
da3: <SEAGATE ST318406LC 010A> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-3 device 
da3: 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz, offset 63, 16bit), Tagged
Queueing Enabled
da3: 17501MB (35843670 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 2231C)
da5 at ahc1 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
da5: <SEAGATE ST318406LW 0109> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-3 device 
da5: 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz, offset 63, 16bit), Tagged
Queueing Enabled
da5: 17501MB (35843670 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 2231C)
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