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IronBits
10-26-2003, 01:49 AM
Mandrake Linux 9.2 Installation Notes<br><a href="http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/errata.php3">http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/errata.php3</a><br><br><b>Potential hardware damage doing install with LG-based CD-ROM drives</b> <br><br>Error scenario: Installing 9.2 and being told unable to install the base system and subsequent reboot reveals that CD-ROM drive is physically dead. <br>Why: According to LG Electronics, their ODD (Optical Disc Drive) products do not support Linux nor do they test with Linux. Unfortunately, many Dell computers (possibly others) come with these CD-ROM drives. <br>Solution: Currently there is no solution or work-around for this issue; it is still under investigation. Damage occurs even when doing a network install. At this point, please do not install Mandrake Linux 9.2 on any computer containing a LG-based CD-ROM drive or it will damage your CD-ROM drive! We are actively looking for a solution to this problem. <br><br>

FoBoT
10-26-2003, 08:28 AM
:scratch:

haven't heard of software doing bad stuff to hardware in a long time

Chinasaur
10-26-2003, 09:59 AM
I wonder what ties the Lucky-Goldstar group has to M$. ;)

:cheers:

Dyyryath
10-26-2003, 10:12 AM
As someone has rightly pointed out, this is a problem with LG drives, rather than Mandrake 9.2. There shouldn't be *anything* you can do in software (short of flashing gibberish into the firmware) that causes damage to a drive. This is a bizarre problem....

Moogie
10-26-2003, 02:52 PM
Ooooooo....nasty!

This is definitely an Un-Good thing - but, it isn't surprising.

Microsoft owns the desktop environment in the US/Canada. Windows accounts for 90%+ of the OS software installed on new computers. Make that 95%+. Therefore, LG (and others, no doubt) concentrate their testing on the 95%, and the other 5% are ignored as being irrelevant, and from LG's viewpoint, as a business decision, that's perfectly valid.

Hardware destruction due to software interactions with the hardware IS unusual but in the past, there have been instances in which installation of a program and/or device driver has fried video cards, monitors, and made the data on hard disks unavailable.

Ugh....