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

[Keith Abraham <keith.abraham@xxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 24 October 2003 5:20 pm, 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!
>
> http://www3.mandrakelinux.com/en/errata.php3
>
> and i partially quote :-
>
> "Why: According to LG Electronics, their ODD (Optical Disc Drive) products
> do not support Linux"
>
> What is going on here? Is it bad design of the CD, fault hardware detection
> code in the MDK9.2 installer or could there be somthing more sinister?
>
I have both a LG-DVD drive and an LG-CDRW drive in
use on my system.
Both have been in use thoughout installations of SuSE 8.0,
8.1and 8.2 with no detection or reliability problems.

Keith

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