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Zombie9920:
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Mandrake Linux 9.2 - Errata


Once again, it looks like Linux can actually damage your hardware.

flap:
LG's fault, not Mandrake's:

 
quote:LG CD-ROM drives are not compliant with the ATAPI specification. The specification does not require an implementation of the FLUSH_CACHE command in the driver, and returning an error (or doing nothing) would have been the correct behaviour for the drive. Likewise, reusing a command is against the specification and LG has reused the FLUSH_CACHE command to modify the firmware of the drive, but they are unwilling to disclose exactly what the command does.
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mobrien_12:
Oh for @%#$'s sake!

What idiot would design a CDROM that wipes it's firmware in response to a FLUSH_CACHE command????

Enmity:
Damn Viper, it's not Mandrake's fault. how the fuck can a CD-R fucking destroy your hardware

TheKnifeThrower:
I posted this 2 days ago and NO ONE FUCKING REPLIED TO IT.

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