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Hi all,

As the title indicates, I am trying to flash a BU40N drive. The firmware version is currently 1.02 (encrypted). I can see that it is recommended to flash directly to 1.03MK.

My concern is that I am using a Linux machine to run makemkv, and I am not sure if there are as many protections against bricking my drive using a shell.

Would it be recommended to quickly create a live windows 10 install and use the GUI or is the Linux shell fine?

Do you have a legitimate reason why it's better to do on Windows or are you just afraid of non-Microsoft products (there's a few on here like that).

I've flashed all 3 of mine on Linux because it' what I use. However, outside of a literally brand new LG, they all have SCSi errors. I'm not sure if the SCSI driver can be improved, but if your BU40N was/is like mine, it will throw a lot of SCSI errors regardless of the OS.

People say that the Pionerr drives are the best. Of course people are also irrationally afraid of anything non-Microsoft, so who knows what the truth is about the Pioneer drives and how long they'll last without spotting out SCSI errors.