pxfw(8)

💖 pxfw 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the pxfw(8) glow-up — it's the linux firmware flasher for Plextor CD and DVD drives, and it's living in the System Manager's Manual like the icon it is ✨

⚠️ fr fr, take any disks OUT before you flash. no discs. none. zero. periodt.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

pxfw -l
pxfw -d DEVICE [-if firmware.bin] [-u] [-f] [-v]
pxfw -d DEVICE [-e] [-r] [-t] [-v]

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

pxfw is the linux firmware flasher for Plextor CD and DVD drives. That's it, that's the vibe. 💅

And again, because it MATTERS: remove any disks before flashing. 🫶

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🦋 FEATURES 🦋

You can flash the firmware of these drives, no cap:

• Plextor Premium
• Premium-2
• PX-712
• PX-716
• PX-755
• PX-760

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👑 DEVICE 👑

DEVICE can be an IDE, SCSI, SATA, USB or FireWire connected optical drive. Not all SATA controller support all Plextor features — that's just how it is, bestie. 😭

Linux:

• /dev/hdX — IDE device
• /dev/scdX — Linux 2.4: SATA, SCSI, USB device, or IDE device via ide-scsi emulation
• /dev/srX — Linux 2.6: IDE device via new ATA layer, SCSI or USB device

OpenBSD/NetBSD:

• /dev/rcdX

FreeBSD:

• /dev/cd — SCSI device
• /dev/acd — ATA device

MacOS X:

• /dev/disk:

win32:

• C:,D:,E:, ... X:,Y:,Z:

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -l — scan busses for all available CD and DVD devices 🔍
• -if — select inputfile. Specify the firmware binary file, which should be written to DEVICE.
• -u — proceed update. When the firmware checksum test has succeeded, write firmware to DEVICE. ✅
• -f — force flashing. Even if DEVICE is not recognized, or firmware checksum has failed, firmware writing will be forced. Handle with care. 💀
• -e — read EEPROM from DEVICE.
• -r — reboot the device. 🔄
• -t — test which opcodes are supported by the device.
• -v — debug. 🐛

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🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

pxfw -d /dev/hdc -if 755_1.07.bin -u

writes firmware file 755_1.07.bin into Master Drive on Secondary IDE-Port. slay. ✨

pxfw -d /dev/sr3 -e -oe file.foo

reades EEPROM from device /dev/sr3 and writes it to file.foo. (yes it says "reades", we don't make the rules 🙈)

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📬 please report man page improvements to T.Maguin@web.de — she's literally asking, so if you got notes, send them 🫶

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and that's a wrap, bestie!! 🎀 this lil masterpiece is from 26 Feb 2014, rocking the pxfw(8) manual, System Manager's Manual energy. go flash responsibly. mwah 💋