On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 09:58:28AM -0300, Ulisses Reina Montenegro de Albuquerque wrote: > David Fokkema wrote: > > >Hi group, > > > >I broke my cd-rw drive. I really hope this has nothing to do with a > >possible bug in linux and/or cdrecord. Here's my story... > > > > > [snip] > > There has been a single case of confirmed CD-RW hardware malfunctioning > due to software bugs related to Linux, and it was due to questionable > use of ATAPI codes by LG, and it only affected LG CD-ROM drives under > Mandrake 9.2 (which shipped with a patched kernel image that queried the > hardware through the use of the above-mentioned ATAPI codes). You can > check on that: http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/lgerrata.php3
So there is a confirmed case, but these drives could be recovered. No real physical damage here, :-) > I don't want to sound like a zealot, but your situation does not sound > at all like it was caused by software. >From time to time, my family/friends tell me, I _do_ sound like a zealot. > I know you tried not to sound like you are blaming Debian/Linux for > what happened, but please try to exhaust all possibilities before > coming up with the usual "well, this was the only thing I changed, so > it must be the cause of my problem" approach. On the contrary. This wasn't my approach at all. But then, as it happened while I was switching kernel modules etc., I want to absolutely make sure it is _not_ caused by software so I can wholeheartedly yell at the support people when (if) they tell me they don't support linux and well, it was not recommended to run that anyway, so warranty is void. > Cheers, and good luck findind a replacement drive. Thanks! David -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus. Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
