LG drives have had alot of problems recently in the GNU/Linux Community, the drive actually was ruined due to software.Originally posted by Gramps@May 16 2004, 02:17 PM
I had a very similar problem with my LG CDRW
if you have problems with the LG drive, you might want to consider updating its firmware.A problem with LG CD-ROM drives was discovered that the kernel shipped with Mandrake Linux 9.2 triggered. This problem was that the kernel would send a FLUSH_CACHE command to the LG CD-ROM drive which would make the drive inoperable by overwriting its firmware. This is because some LG CD-ROM drives are not compliant with the ATAPI specification. The specification does not require an implementation of the FLUSH_CACHE command in the driver, and returning an error (or doing nothing) would have been the correct behaviour for the drive. Likewise, reusing a command is against the specification and LG has reused the FLUSH_CACHE command to modify the firmware of the drive, but they are unwilling to disclose exactly what the command does. This FLUSH_CACHE command is supposed to be supported only by CD-RW or DVD-RW devices; the LG-based CD-ROM devices are understanding this command as the UPLOAD_FIRMWARE command.
http://us.lgservice.com/