Re: [LUG] LG CD-Roms "incompatible" with Linux

[Andrew Rogers <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tony Atkin wrote:

> On Friday 24 October 2003 17:20, Robin Cornelius wrote:
>  
>
> > Reported on mandrake's site today that users should not even attempt to
> > install MDK9.2 if they have a LG cd-rom it will _KILL_ the cd drive!
> >    
>
> My LG cd-rom drive once completely destroyed one of my SuSE cds - loud bang 
> - shaking the shattered shards out of the drive - that sort of thing.
>
> So I guess it's pay back time :-)
>
> Tony 
>
>  
I also had an LG drive that destroyed a Mandrake 7.1 CD, may have been a 
small crack in the centre that spread. The drive regularly failed to 
detect the CD, both before and after the exploding CD. I took the LG 
apart and found some damage to the drive internals.

Andrew



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