Bad news for Mandrake Lovers... 9.2 could cause physical damage... If you have a cdrom from LG Electronics (Suposedly Dell uses these) it would be a good idea to _not_ install Mandrake 9.2 right now. http://www.linuxworld.com/story/35661.htm http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/errata.php3#badlg --<CLIP>-- Error scenario: Installing 9.2 and being told unable to install the base system and subsequent reboot reveals that CD-ROM drive is physically dead. Why: According to LG Electronics, their ODD (Optical Disc Drive) products do not support Linux nor do they test with Linux. Unfortunately, many Dell computers (possibly others) come with these CD-ROM drives. Solution: Currently there is no solution or work-around for this issue; it is still under investigation. Damage occurs even when doing a network install. At this point, please do not install Mandrake Linux 9.2 on any computer containing a LG-based CD-ROM drive or it will damage your CD-ROM drive! We are actively looking for a solution to this problem. --<CLIP>-- -- Aaron Thompson Unix Systems Administrator, College of Natural Science University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA 50614 "It is not the fall that kills you. It's the sudden stop at the end." -Douglas Adams _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list