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    1. 28-10-2003 15:34 #1
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      Mandrake 9.2 and LG CD-ROM destruction!

      http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/lgerrata.php3

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      A problem has been discovered with certain LG-based CD-ROM drives and Mandrake Linux 9.2. The kernel that comes shipped with Mandrake Linux 9.2 and early updates would send a FLUSH_CACHE command to the drive which would make drive inoperable by overwriting its firmware. Unfortunately, many Dell computers (possibly others) come with these CD-ROM drives. Currently, it is not believed to affect DVD-ROM/R/RW drives and some CD-RW drives; but this all depends entirely upon the firmware on the device.

      The addected drives were popular in DELL and some IBM and Compaq systems
      Problem Drives
      GRC-8521B
      CRD-8522B
      CRD-8521B
      CRD-8520B
      CRD-8483B
      CRD-8480C
      CRD-8480B
      CRD-8400C
      CRD-8400B
      CRD-8322B
      CRD-8320B
      CRD-8240B
      CRD-8241B
      CRD-8160B
      CRD-8161B
      CRN-8240E
      GCD-R580B
      GCD-R560B
      GCD-R542B
      GCD-R540C
      GCD-R540B
      GCD-R520B
      GCD-R420B
      GCD-R400B
      GCD-R320B
      GCD-R300B 4
      GCD-R200B
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    2. 28-10-2003 17:45 #2
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      thx 4 info
      sounds like penguin sars

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    3. 29-10-2003 15:52 #3
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      Some old Sony CD-ROM's fried too. The included kernel in 9.2 "final" was a disaster under many aspects, and it's already replaced (via normal updates) by a new one, which is not perfect, but at least does not love to cook CD-ROM's...
      Some other disasters in 9.2 have been fixed, some others still waiting... at least mandrakesoft is hardly trying to add some salt to your dull life, you have to admit that!
      BTW I'm typing now from an fully upgraded Mandrake 9.2, and all my CD-ROM's still seem to be working... fingers crossed!
      Last edited by scarecrow; 29-10-2003 at 15:55.
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    4. 30-10-2003 02:39 #4
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      Think I'll wait a bit before trying 9.2 Sticking to redhat 9
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      Hmm, thanks for the info ..
      Quite interessting .. how did they manage stuff like this ?
      Never seen that before ...

      Using RedHat/Debian/GenToo/...
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    6. 30-10-2003 21:13 #6
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      I'm also using Debian Sarge for hardcore jobs, but Mandrake 9.X is my main OS... How they did it? well, they are very capapble coders, i can assure you!
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    7. 31-10-2003 06:06 #7
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      hey n.b how do u find gentoo?is it better than slack?

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