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Mandrake 9.2 ISOs Available

Posted by jamie on from the firmware dept.

joestar writes "Since LG has released updated firmwares and a recovery procedure for all so-called ATAPI LG cd-rom drives that were "destroyed" by a feature of Mandrake 9.2, MandrakeSoft has publicly released the set of Mandrake 9.2 ISO images which are now available on a number of FTP mirrors. Mandrake 9.2 is one of the few remaining 100%-OSS major Linux distributions, so considering a MandrakeClub membership or joining Cooker - Mandrake's open development version - is certainly an excellent idea." Here's the feature list.

7 of 437 comments (clear)

  1. Re:How about a .torrent? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.mandrakelinux.com/download/MandrakeLinu x-9.2-DOWNLOAD-3CD.torrent

  2. BitTorrent by Youssef+Adnan · · Score: 5, Informative

    BitTorrent link from Mandrake. It's located on the download page right before the FTP mirror list:
    http://www.mandrakelinux.com/download/MandrakeLinu x-9.2-DOWNLOAD-3CD.torrent

  3. Installer by S.I.O. · · Score: 5, Funny

    1 LG CD-ROM drive detected.
    Would you like to pray for it?

  4. Re:Mandrake by Carnildo · · Score: 5, Informative

    Destroying the firmware wasn't a bug in Mandrake, it was a bug in the CD-ROM firmware -- the company decided not to implement the ATAPI "clear cache" command, as very few CD-ROM drivers use it. Instead, they decided to re-use that command for uploading firmware -- not a good idea.

    --
    "They redundantly repeated themselves over and over again incessantly without end ad infinitum" -- ibid.
  5. Now taking bets.. by rylin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slashdot headline in 20 minutes: Mandrake 9.2 ISOs No Longer Available.

  6. Re:Where's the firmware? by jm2morri · · Score: 5, Informative

    Go to http://us.lgservice.com/ and click on "Device Driver".

  7. Running it since day 1 by tickticker · · Score: 5, Informative
    As a club member, I've been running it on several machines of various configurations. Here's a brief take of the 30 installs on 10 machines:

    - I can't unplug my Dell 5800 laptop while running or it locks up, same with plugging it in while running. Working on the cause.
    - BE SURE to check your MD5 sums. I've had more bad disks with this release than the last 3 or so releases combined. One bad disk would not only fail to install a package, but would break and remove several others unless the offending package was removed. Then voila! the broken packages return to the menus and functionality.
    - Handles 3d hardware acceleration fine for my ATI 9500 card, but no 3d for my 9700 pro (5 install attempts and dozens of fixes) I will not give up... Must..get...CWET...working.
    - K3b is the default burning software, so just change your cd drives to ide-scsi and save yourselves some headaches over "unusable" drives
    - Mandrake-galaxy is a theme that actually appeals to me. And I generally can't stand themes no matter the platform.

    Other than these major points, I think this is the best Mandrake yet. I can't wait for kde 3.2 and the 2.6 kernal. I'm just not feeling that adventurous yet.... but i will soon.

    --sigs are like giraffes, they can look cool sometimes, but they don't make any noise.