On Sat, 2010-06-12 at 19:31 -0500, Usurp wrote: > > Stop buying hardware that doesn't work properly if you do not have > > Windows. (If you are bored and live in the right country you might be > > able to force at least a refund with the help of consumer protection > > legislation and a lawyer) If you do buy Windows-only hardware, do not > > complain if it requires Windows to run.... > > Please... this is not a driver for a windows locked product like the good old winmodems, but a firmware upgrade program. > Have you asked the vendor for the Linux version of the flasher? If they don't supply one or a way of flashing it under Linux, then it sounds like windows locking to me.... Alternatively, if the flasher can be run under DOS, download FreeDOS and boot into that to do your upgrade. Martin