Le mer 22/10/2003 à 13:59, Guillaume Cottenceau a écrit : > Hi, > Be carefull ! You misread my post : i'm saying UNTIL 9.1, i need to desactivate DMA for my LG cdrom/burner model HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8240B.
I didn't test it already with 9.2 ... So htis drive cannot be considered as 'safe' for 9.2. Stef > Several people are reporting that installing the 9.2 totally > fried their LG cdrom drive. Luis Alves on cooker is reporting > that problem on an IBM PC 300 PL machine, with a LG CRD-8400B. On > MandrakeClub an article[1] reports that this happens on a Dell > Optiplex GX1 machine, with CRD-8482B and CRD-8400B models. > > I've had confirmations that with another LG model, the HL-DT-ST > CD-ROM GCR-8520B, 9.2 worked nice (e.g. did NOT do any damage to > the cdrom drive). Also, with the HL-DT-ST CD-ROM GCR-8522B, > 9.2rc2 worked nice (it's then -probable- 9.2 will work nice). > > For the moment, it seems it's related to LG CRD-84xx drives. > > Please, every people with an LG model who already installed 9.2 > (download or powerpack), please report the model of your LG > drive, and whether it's still alive or not :). Please ask that > also to your friends who don't read cooker/expert lists. Also, in > the following days, one might consider not installing 9.2 with LG > drives, until we can provide a workaround to the problem. > > > You can have exact model name of your cdrom by looking at the > corresponding proc file. For example, if your CDROM is the first > IDE medium of your second IDE adapter, its name is "hdc" and you > can do the following to see the model: > > cat /proc/ide/hdc/model > > You can even do that at the very beginning of the graphical > install, by going to the second console (Ctrl Alt F2) and typing > the previous command. This should be safe as the "fry" always > occurs at the beginning of the package installation. Then, reboot > your computer. > > > Thanks! > > > Ref: > [1] > http://www.mandrakeclub.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Splatt_Forum&file=viewtopic&topic=12568&forum=9 --
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