[TriLUG] Linux causes damage to LG CD-ROM drives (Dells) ?

[Jeremy Portzer]

On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 11:46, Brian Daniels wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 11:02:16AM -0400, Jeremy Portzer wrote:
> > Noticed something interesting on the Mandrake web site:
> > http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/errata.php3#badlg
> > 
> > "Error scenario: Installing 9.2 and being told unable to install the
> > base system and subsequent reboot reveals that CD-ROM is physically
> > dead.
> > "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. 
> 
> Very odd.  I have a LG cd burner (Model=HL-DT-ST GCE-8320B according to 
> hdparm) in my box and have had no problems.
> 
> My machine here at work has a HL-DT-STDVD-ROM GDR8161B LG DVD drive, again 
> no problems.
> 
> I'm using RedHat 9...I can't imagine what Mandrake is doing during the 
> install to have that effect!

Turns out it's a kernel patch that Mandrake applied that causes this
problem: 
http://archives.mandrakelinux.com/cooker/2003-10/msg02437.php

--Jeremy

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