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Mandrake 9.2 damages some CD-ROMs | |
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| Time: 11:07 EST/16:07 GMT | News Source: E-Mail | Posted By: Robert Stein | ||
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Thanks Bruce. "MandrakeSoft, the makers of the Mandrake Linux distribution, has warned users that the latest release, 9.2, could damage some LG-based CD-ROMs. In an advisory posted on its site, the company said the error scenario being encountered by some users was that of installing 9.2 and getting an error message that said "unable to install the base system" with a subsequent reboot revealing that the CD-ROM drive was physically dead. " | ||
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| #1 By 9549 (63.88.169.2) at 10/27/2003 11:17:31 AM |
| Oh my GOD Linux doesn`t work right and Windows doesn`t work right. me curls up into the fetal position in the corner and wonders whats left in the world that is good. |
| #2 By 18033 (211.26.193.94) at 10/27/2003 4:07:20 PM |
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me LMFAO
Windows rocks |
| #3 By 12071 (203.185.215.149) at 10/27/2003 9:59:13 PM |
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http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/lgerrata.php3
"The problem was that the kernel would send a FLUSH_CACHE command to the LG CD-ROM drive which would make the drive inoperable by overwriting its firmware. This is because LG CD-ROM drives are not compliant with the ATAPI specification. The specification does not require an implementation of the FLUSH_CACHE command in the driver, and returning an error (or doing nothing) would have been the correct behaviour for the drive. Likewise, reusing a command is against the specification and LG has reused the FLUSH_CACHE command to modify the firmware of the drive, but they are unwilling to disclose exactly what the command does. This FLUSH_CACHE command is supposed to be supported only by CD-RW or DVD-RW devices; the LG-based CD-ROM devices are understanding this command as the UPLOAD_FIRMWARE command." Hope those CD-roms are nice and easy to fix by re-flashing the firmware. I can't believe LG decided to not only not stick to the standard but to reuse the FLUSH_CACHE command as a UPLOAD_FIRMWARE command - I wonder what other commands they re-defined. |
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