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28-10-2003, 15:34
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Mandrake 9.2 and LG CD-ROM destruction!
http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/lgerrata.php3
Excerpts: 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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29-10-2003, 15:52
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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!
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30-10-2003, 17:28
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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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30-10-2003, 21:13
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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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Sticking to redhat 9
Linear Mode
