[Tuxaloosa] OT: annoying cd/dvd drive

[Robby Workman]

On Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:31:01 -0600
E Hanson <leprkhn at gmail.com> wrote:

> and i'll be damned if googling for "cd tray opens" doesn't bring an 
> avalanche of windows user woes all "solved" by running a virus
> scanner. and after that you get all the remote-admin jokeware stuff
> that allows some to open a cd tray remotely.
> these are all out since it happens preboot too.
> i thought that maybe updating the firmware might do the trick (the
> dell website HAS firmware updates for this drive), but again - no
> windows to run that darned exe.


I was thinking about this thread:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/978540
but it doesn't seem relevant, so nevermind :/

-RW
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