[PLUG] Mandrake 9.2 can kill your CD Drive

AthlonRob AthlonRob at axpr.net
Thu Oct 30 14:54:02 UTC 2003


On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 14:14, Kyle Accardi wrote:
> "The issue is caused when the kernel that ships with Mandrake Linux 9.2 and 
> early updates sends a FLUSH_CACHE command to the CD drive. For "certain" CD 
> drives manufactured by LG, this command overwrites the firmware and renders 
> the drive useless."

Ack... don't let Microsoft know!  They'll have McAfee start detecting
Mandrake as a virus....  

Thanks Mandrake devs..........

Rob





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