Drive flashing - Linux command line or Windows?

[86turbodsl]

What's more reliable?

I normally only drive Linux/Debian. I don't have a current copy of Windows in the house.
I suppose i could get W10 if i had to to flash a few drives, but really don't want to.
I use Makemkv for ripping.
I have a W7 computer i use for auto tuning and obd stuff. But i keep that clean of everything and don't use it for anything else.

What makes the most sense here?

[dcoke22]

I've never flashed on Linux, but I have flashed using the command line on macOS. It's fine. As I understand it, SDFtool is just a GUI for the command line flash utility included with MakeMKV.

In the end, regardless of platform, we're all using the same flash utility.

[86turbodsl]

i can report this as successful. The information floating around seems to be mac-centric,

so it took a little time to decipher.

In short - find the correct firmware you need for your drive.

Download sdf.bin from makemkv.com

Put your 2 files together somewhere, such as /tmp

Identify your chosen drive. The typical for linux is /dev/srX where X is a number assigned by OS.

makemkvcon was installed when you installed the program after compile. It should be in your path so you can call it from wherever.

Run sudo makemkvcon f -l to get your drives.

then

Run sudo makemkvcon f -d /dev/sr1 -f /tmp/sdf.bin rawflash main -i /tmp/ASUS-BW-16D1HT-3.10-WM01601-211901041014.bin
in my case this was my command. Pretty easy.

I now have 2 UHD enabled drives. Now just to figure out how to get the BD/HDDVD combo drive flashed...