H/D Firmware programming

[javeed.shariff]

Dear All,

I'm new to this forum. I wish you all good day.

I'm a firmware programmer but I've never done programming for H/D (Hard Disk).

I would like to learn from Scratch. Could any of you assist in giving reference to documents and quick start for the same.

Do I need any tools or Development kit?

Regards,
Javeed

[guru]

Go search for DVD firmwares RPC 1 etc and start there .. There are some good tutorials on cracking DVD / CD firmware and most use ARM now....

[javeed.shariff]

Dear All,

I wish to learn programming using the available tools.

Write the firmware to turn on or off a sector, move the specific location ....etc
Flash this firmware into the H/D
and test ....

Some thing of this kind...

Please suggest.

Regards,
Javeed

[guru]

lol easy option eh?

[dobrevjetser]

You could start at reading the documents at www.t13.org.
Commands to access the firmware are secrets of the manufacturer and can only be found by reverse engineering using a hardware sniffer that observes the commands sent to a drive or by deassembling the drives software.
Anyway, i think your good for some time with this


Best regards,

Dobre