Hey all, I know this is not a Mandrake list, but it's possible that this same bug could be in SuSE 9.0 too! Haven't seen anything from SuSE on it yet, but just thought you might want to be aware of this to avoid killing a cd drive. Seems they have ran across a big problem/bug in Mandrake 9.2, so beware installing it with an LG branded cdrom! http://www.newsforge.com/hardware/03/10/27/0218209.shtml?tid=81&tid=87 Lee -- --- KMail v1.5.4 --- SuSE Linux Pro v8.2 --- Registered Linux User #225206 On any other day, that might seem strange...
From Slashdot: I just read a post from Alan Cox, it appears that if you send a flush cache command to the specific LG drives or their compaq rebadged ones, the drive gets fried. So this really has nothing to do with Mandrake and everything to do with a poorly designed drive. It is not Linux, it is Mandrake who put an *experimental* kernel patch into a *production* release. It was very stupid. The patch was meant for ide cd-rw drives in which case you want to flush. That is why the LG CD-RW drives are not affected, only the normal CD-ROM drives. -- SuSE Linux 8.2 (i586) Linux 2.4.20-4GB-athlon
On Monday 27 October 2003 03:59, Jonathan Lim wrote:
From Slashdot: I just read a post from Alan Cox, it appears that if you send a flush cache command to the specific LG drives or their compaq rebadged ones, the drive gets fried. So this really has nothing to do with Mandrake and everything to do with a poorly designed drive.
It is not Linux, it is Mandrake who put an *experimental* kernel patch into a *production* release. It was very stupid. The patch was meant for ide cd-rw drives in which case you want to flush. That is why the LG CD-RW drives are not affected, only the normal CD-ROM drives. -- SuSE Linux 8.2 (i586) Linux 2.4.20-4GB-athlon
Your clarification is much appreciated. LW999
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From: "LinuxWorld999"
On Monday 27 October 2003 03:59, Jonathan Lim wrote:
From Slashdot: I just read a post from Alan Cox, it appears that if you send a flush cache command to the specific LG drives or their compaq rebadged ones, the drive gets fried. So this really has nothing to do with Mandrake and everything to do with a poorly designed drive.
It is not Linux, it is Mandrake who put an *experimental* kernel patch into a *production* release. It was very stupid. The patch was meant for ide cd-rw drives in which case you want to flush. That is why the LG CD-RW drives are not affected, only the normal CD-ROM drives. --
Sorry this is sent from OE..... FWIW, I have had a rash of bad hard drives and CDROMS lately, or rather, HD's and CD's going bad. I have attributed it to old worn-out hardware. However, I have noted that every one has had a pass with Mandrake.......not 9.2, but 9.1, and the CD's were in fact LG's. I do not know what firmware revisions they had nor what model they were (they are gone), but I suspect they were similar to the ones that are getting fried with Mandrake 9.2. I realize that it is being stated that the culprit is a kernel patch for packet wrtiting added in 9.2, but I *am* curious if anyone else has had similar experiences with prior releases of Mandrake. I also caught sight of a reference to SuSE in my reading, but I can't say where...prolly slashdot. Hoping this isn't deeper than it appears. Tom gnudad@charter.net
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