[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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