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  1. LTR12101B
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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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    thx 4 info
    sounds like penguin sars

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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 16:55.
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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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    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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    hey n.b how do u find gentoo?is it better than slack?

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