LG CD-ROMs again

Dave Jones davej at redhat.com
Tue Dec 2 19:48:54 UTC 2003


On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 13:56, Colin Charles wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 19:48, mar1u5z at gazeta.pl wrote:
> > Hi
> > I'm using LG cd-roms GCR-8523B (Affected: firmware 1.00, OEM in
> > custom-built computer. Firmware update available) and FC1 crashed 
> > it.
> > It's is possible to fix it but it took some time.
> 
> Are you very sure Fedora crashed it? Because the kernel doesn't have the
> CD packet writing patches built into it...

Additionally that bug would destroy the drive firmware to the point
that it had to be returned to the manufacturer for repair.
The fact that the original poster could 'fix it' makes me believe
this is completely unrelated.

	Dave
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