On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, Shawn wrote: > If the kernel/system makes repeated calls to read the head, I could see over > time it ruining the drive. But I still don't see how this particular issue > can destroy a drive itself (not the media). If i understand it correctly LG decided it was a good idea to make the systemcall that flushes the cache the same one that initiates a firmware upgrade. now it seems that the kernel shipped with mandrake makes use of that system call and when it does the drive starts it firmware upgrade process and dies just like a motherboard would die if the power failed while you were flashing the BIOS. This is why the cdrom drive would die even though you are doing a netinstall. Munir Nassar RedConcepts.NET http://redconcepts.net/ _______________________________________________ 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