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| DATE | 2003-10-27 |
| FROM | Michael Richardson
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| SUBJECT | RE: [hangout] Mandrake 9.2 may kill LG CD-ROM drives
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Now you tell me. I upgraded my Toshiba Terca 8000 to Mandrake 9.2 ok.
-----Original Message-----
From: Inker, Evan [mailto:EInker-at-gam.com]
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 8:39 AM
To: hangout-at-nylxs.com
Subject: [hangout] Mandrake 9.2 may kill LG CD-ROM drives
Mandrake 9.2 may kill LG CD-ROM drives
Sunday October 26, 2003 - [ 02:15 AM GMT ]
Topics: Components , Hardware
By: Joe Barr
http://www.newsforge.com/hardware/03/10/27/0218209.shtml?tid=81&tid=87
As reported yesterday on Slashdot, MandrakeSoft has found a serious problem
when using Mandrake Linux 9.2 with some models of CD-Rom drives made by LG
Electronics. Updated
The errata page describes the following scenario: "Installing 9.2 and being
told unable to install the base system and subsequent reboot reveals that
CD-ROM is physically dead."
MandrakeSoft also says that as of yet, there is no workaround for the
problem. LG Electronics CD-ROM drives are used in machines made by Dell, HP,
Compaq, IBM and others. They report that LG Electronics says they do not
support nor test their CD-ROM drives with Linux.
Gaël Duval told NewsForge by email earlier
this evening that "here is an issue with several LG CD-ROM drives and a
Linux kernel patch we and potentially other Linux vendors are using in
Mandrake 9.2."
Duval also said "We're looking for a solution to fix this issue. On some
models, upgrading the firmware to its newest release version before using
Mandrake 9.2 fixes the problem."
More details and identification of some of the drives damaged by installing
Mandrake Linux 9.2 are given here.
Some of the LG Electronics CD-ROM models reported to have been "fried" are
the CRD-8322B used by Compaq and the CRD-8400B used in Dell, IBM, and Compaq
machines.
Update: As of Monday morning, the cause for the problem has been identified
by some as code introduced to the kernel on August 15th and by others as
buggy firmware in the LG drives themselves. Stay tuned. Video at 11.
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