Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 04 May 2006 16:45:11 +0400 | From | Michael Tokarev <> | Subject | Re: cdrom: a dirty CD can freeze your system |
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Herbert Rosmanith wrote: > good day, > > kernel-version: 2.6.16.13 preemptible > > I've been experimenting with damaged CDs this day. I observed that > a dirty or (partly) unreadable CD will (1) block the process which is > trying to read from the CD - it will be in state "D" - uninterruptible > sleep and (2) sometimes(?) probably freeze your system such that even > a manual reboot wont work (e.g., because it's not possible to log in, or > keystrokes are no longer accepted) and a power-cycle is required. > > the uninterruptible process will force a reboot - it wont go away.
It's worse than that. See http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=114003595500002&r=1&w=2 and other similar reports. So far, noone cares it seems (for several years already).
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