[ltp] Alert: MDK 9.2 kills LG CD-ROM products...

[wes schreiner]

Michelle Klein-Hass wrote:

>>
>> http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/errata.php3
>>
>> Error scenario: Installing 9.2 and being told unable to install the base
>> system and subsequent reboot reveals that CD-ROM drive is physically 
>> dead.
>> Why: According to LG Electronics, their ODD (Optical Disc Drive) 
>> products
>> do not support Linux nor do they test with Linux. Unfortunately, many 
>> Dell
>> computers (possibly others) come with these CD-ROM drives.
>> Solution: Currently there is no solution or work-around for this 
>> issue; it
>> is still under investigation. Damage occurs even when doing a network
>> install. At this point, please do not install Mandrake Linux 9.2 on any
>> computer containing a LG-based CD-ROM drive or it will damage your 
>> CD-ROM
>> drive! We are actively looking for a solution to this problem.
>
>
> This is as big as the LMSensors problem. <shiver>
>
> -.\\<-H-


Well, not really. The lmsensors problem kills your laptop motherboard 
dead, this only kills certain models of LG CDROM drives. And the 
lmsensors problem doesn't yet have a fix, while Mandrake has already 
discovered what is killing the LG CDROM drives (LG decided to "reuse" a 
cache flush command as a reprogram flash memory command!).

wes