I've been wondering for the longest time now if MtkWinFlash is a feasible method for flashing the Toshiba Samsung:
http://digi.rpc1.org/mwf.htmI understand that the Toshiba Samsung isn't detectable in Windows (untill you do a DOS flash with the 0800 firmware, which defeats the purpose of this whole point), but this utility has an IDE "blind" flashing mode for undetectable drives. It also doesn't appear to support SATA drives, but I'm sure someone with the right know how could modify it?