-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Luis Alves wrote: > I tried to install the Mandrake 9.2 Download edition on > a IBM PC 300 PL > witch has a > LG CDROM > CRD-8400B > > and the cdrom was death before it showed the panel to select the packages. > I never seen this before so I assumed it was a cdrom problem. > So I removed the cdrom drive connect it to another computer and it > doesn't work any more. > doesn't even turn the ligth on. > > In my company we have several of these machines so I removed a cdrom > from another PC 300 PL machine > and connected to this one, just to see if i could finnish the instalation. > > It just fried the second cdrom drive also (LG CRD-8400B) > > I realized that the new mandrake just cost me to CDROM drives. > I couldn't believe it. > > So I went and got a new drive this time from a diferent manufacture and > more recent. > This time everything was fine, and the installation was executed with no > problem.
This issue is being tracked (ie on the maintainers list), but the people at Mandrakesoft haven't had much confirmation (I think you're about the 4th reporter now), and it's a bit difficult to test workarounds ... (and I don't know if they have managed to source a device to test with). All the other reports were also for LG drives (I think the same model). > Another thing the machine had mandrake 9.1 installed there, and at never > had problem with the CDROM drive. Have you still got such a machine running with Mandrake 9.1? I guess it's time to note this on the errata page and/or notify other common haunts of Mandrake users (Vince, when can I point the folk at pclinuxonline.com to some official notification of this issue?). Regards, Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x202 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/lkb0rJK6UGDSBKcRAszWAKCD3irLvifOHR1Cmu99Rm6zClAq3ACgoi/I pJn08pinc7BIgGsasXmgvGU= =Zt2q -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
