[wplug] Mandrake 9.2 and LG writable opticals

[Vanco, Don]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Moran [mailto:wmoran at potentialtech.com] 
<snip>
> Of course, because of the nature of a CD-ROM, it's possible 
> that certain
> commands (valid or invalid) could cause physical damage to the unit,
> such as trying to position the laser at a track outside the 
> range of its
> allowed motion (like moving it to track -4000000 or something).
> 
> If this is the case, it's (in my opinion) a bug in both the 
> CD controller
> code in Mandrake, as well as the drive itself.  Obviously, 
> the Mandrake
> code should not tell the CD to do something that could damage it, but
> neither should the CD actually attempt such an action.  As 
<snip>
	Yeah  - but _read_ the bug.  It nukes the drive even if you do a
network install!  Just installing L-M9.2 on a machine with an LG writable
destroys the device.

Don