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LG CD-ROMs Destroyed by Mandrake 9.2

Posted by michael on from the whoopsie dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The latest offering of Mandrake's distribution, 9.2, has been found to not only be incompatible with some LG CD-ROM drives, but to destroy them during the installation process. Mandrake have posted information on their errata page and further information can be found on this thread [google]. Along with over 350Mb of updates within a week of release, it's not been a good start for this latest release."

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  1. So, how does that crow taste? by fmaxwell · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Dude, software should never be able to damage hardware. Not in 2003. Part of this is just common sense -- how could anyone design hardware that bad?

    Tell me the make and model of your motherboard, CD-ROM drive, DVD drive, CD-R/W drive, modem, and anything else in your system with a flashable BIOS. I'll send you a CD-ROM to boot up. Let me know how it goes for you.

    P.S. Make sure that you have an alternate PC to e-mail me from.

  2. Re:Linux bias by radoni · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "how could anyone design hardware that bad? "

    have you SEEN the international space station?

    oi.

    somehow this dell not suprise me at all.

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