FireWire Depot offers updated Oxford, Initio firmware
updated 07:40 am EDT, Sat July 3, 2004
Oxford, Initio firmware
has released new firmware releases from both Oxford and Initio as well as a new flash utility for Mac OS 10.3.3 from Oxford. Initio has introduced 2 new firmware versions which can be used with any bridgeboard using the Initio 2430 1394b chip: (1) V2.28 Dual firmware supports Master only or Master/Slave (can be installed with Mac or Windows installer); (2) V8.06 RAID firmware supports 2- and 4- drive Span, 2- and 4- drive Stripe and 2 drive Mirror (works on both 1- and 2-IDE channel boards). This firmware can only be installed using a special Windows version of the installer.
The updated Oxford Flash Utility fixes a problem under Mac OS X 10.3.3 that caused an error on installation; it contains the latest firmware files for the Oxford 900, 911, 911+, 912, 922, AV940 and 970 chips. Both a Windows and Mac Java installer utility is included.
