Installing Mandrake 9.2 can damage your LG CD-ROM

Hi,

This was true for the first available edition of MdK 9.2
It's related to packet writing and LG misuse of ATAPI norms. (If I remember well)
Packet writing support was added in kernel because of popular ask.

An updated 9.2 version is available on Mandrake Club :
http://www.mandrakeclub.com/article.php?sid=1580&mode=nocomments

Note that Mandrake will use a different process starting with 10 series :
http://www.mandrakeclub.com/article.php?sid=1647&mode=nocomments

It would have been nice if Mandrake had mentioned this somewhere on the 9.2 download page. The cd-rom drive in my previous computer died because of this issue.

Oh well. Mandrake seems to have switched from 9.2 to 10.0 now, so this issue is not as important anymore.

is the HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4240N model dvd/cd-rw model affected? i'm not sure what the brand name is but am planning to install mandrake 10. thanks.