Here's a interesting one for you Mandrake fans, as seen on another mailing list.
> Some LG CD-ROM drives that do not meet the ATAPI specification are being > destroyed by Mandrake 9.2. Not mandrake's fault, LG's fault for > interpreting the FLUSH_CACHE command as the UPLOAD_FIRMWARE command! > Here's the link to the errata: > > http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/lgerrata.php3 > > "The kernel that comes shipped with Mandrake Linux 9.2 and early > updates would send a FLUSH_CACHE command to the drive which would make > drive inoperable by overwriting its firmware. Unfortunately, many Dell > computers (possibly others) come with these CD-ROM drives." Kurt -- As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality. -- Albert Einstein _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
