It's a bit older, but it's probably the same problem. I heard that the problem in the drives may have been exposed by a kernel patch that came out in the middle of August. I do have Gentoo installed on this system. Granted, Mandrake is just reporting what other people have told them. I mean, I have a drive that is listed under 'Specific models that are affected:' AND 'LG-based CD-ROMs reported to be unaffected:'. Posted: Tue 2:13 pm Post subject: Re: Read this before using your LG CD-ROM drive with Linuxīe warned! Just because your drive may be listed as one that IS NOT affected on this list, it doesn't mean that it ISN"T listed as one that IS affected on this list. The way you feel about organized religion is the same way I feel about organized socialism. Hdc: Speed warnings UDMA 3/4/5 is not functional. Hdc: ATAPI 24X DVD-ROM drive, 512kB Cache, DMA Hdc: HL-DT-STDVD-ROM GDR8081N, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
Ide1: BM-DMA at 0xbfa8-0xbfaf, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio LG / Goldstar needs to get their crap together and not break ATAPI specifications like that. Just wait till someone makes a virus that forces Windows computers to send that command to CD-ROM drives. See also: 'mount' has destroyed my CD-ROM player!!! Every other distro is safe, even mandrake now, they fixed it.ĭrives are pretty cheap now, so I wouldn't worry about it unless it's a DVD-burner. I think that its just Mandrake 9.2 that calls some fungtions in LG's firmware that makes the drive fuck up.Įncrypt, lock up everything and duct tape the restĪre these new drives? I read mandrake had a problem with it, but it's mandrake specific if this wasn't know till now. i've installed linux on 100+ machines with LG cdrom drives. Mayby because i use them only for reading DVD and even for that not often. I have LG DVD-ROM drive (GDR-8161B) and for now all works good. 1792) | Cancel culture, deplatforming (c.
Magna Carta (1215) | Spectral evidence no longer permissible (c. On Friday I installed Gentoo on a box at work with an LG CD-ROM and sometime this morning it suddenly died. This is due to a fault on LG's part, not Linux. Doing so may render it permanently inoperable.
Posted: Mon 7:51 pm Post subject: Read this before using your LG CD-ROM drive with LinuxĬurrent versions of LG CD-ROM (and perhaps CD-RW, DVD-ROM, etc.) drives should not be used on a Linux system. Gentoo Forums Forum Index Installing Gentoo Read this before using your LG CD-ROM drive with Linux Gentoo Forums :: View topic - Read this before using your LG CD-ROM drive with Linux
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