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List:       qubes-users
Subject:    Re: [qubes-users] Windows 7 VM - Direct access to Hard Drives to flash SSD firmware
From:       "Taiidan () gmx ! com" <Taiidan () gmx ! com>
Date:       2017-01-13 3:15:35
Message-ID: a4f62006-d518-e9ee-05c5-11de8bc37569 () gmx ! com
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On 01/12/2017 07:52 AM, Steve wrote:

> I need to run Samsung Magician software in Windows to flash the firmware of the \
> SSD's I put in the laptop, is there any special way I need to setup the Windows VM \
> to give direct access to the firmware 
You would have to attach to the VM with IOMMU the storage controller 
that the drive is connected to,

Obviously you can't do that if you are also using this controller for 
your OS, without some ramdisk magic which is possible with some effort 
but if you have the money it would be cheaper to simply buy an 
Expresscard controller that supports SATA (fyi SAS almost always 
includes SATA)

In the future don't buy crappy consumer level devices that only provide 
a windows flashing utility.

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