[Sussex] Mandrake9.2 & LG CD ROM PROBLEM

John Crowhurst fyremoon at fyremoon.net
Sun Nov 23 22:03:34 UTC 2003


> Note: Due to a bug in certain LG CD-ROM drives, LG has released updated
> firmware and a recovery procedure for a problem with these devices.
> Please consult the Errata page before installing Mandrake Linux 9.2 on
> systems with LG CD-ROM drives:
> http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/lgerrata.php3

It's funny that they've found the problem is with the ATAPI support with
the LG drives. FLUSH_CACHE should be renamed to FLUSH_BIOS :P

It's also unfortunate that the Linux Kernel distributed with Mandrake 9.2
caused the LG drives to lock up, even if the drive was not used in the
installation, for instance a network install.

--
John






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