[ale] serious problem with Mandrake 9.2 kernels

[Geoffrey]

Saw this on the Mandrake website.  Latest mandrake kernel could trash 
your cdrom, seriously:

"A problem has been discovered with certain LG-based CD-ROM drives and 
Mandrake Linux 9.2. The kernel that comes shipped with Mandrake Linux 
9.2 and early updates would send a FLUSH_CACHE command to the drive 
which would make drive inoperable by overwriting its firmware. 
Unfortunately, many Dell computers (possibly others) come with these 
CD-ROM drives. Currently, it is not believed to affect DVD-ROM/R/RW 
drives and some CD-RW drives; but this all depends entirely upon the 
firmware on the device."

http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/lgerrata.php3

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Until later, Geoffrey	esoteric at 3times25.net

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