truly odd LG DVD-writer "feature"

[James Knott]

D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> Clifford told me about this, and I think you deserve to be warned.
>
> LG DVD writers have some whacky feature in the firmware.  When the
> drive is empty and closed, it tells the OS that it has a disk, and
> that (simulated) disk has a program called "Bluebirds", in MS Windows
> .exe format.
>
> Recommendation: stay away from those drives.
>
> http://www.msfn.org/board/lg-gh22ns50-bluebirds-removal-tool-t135300-page-20.html
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1216969
>
> There is a firmware update to remove this feature.  But you appear to
> need Windows to flash the update.  Make sure that your drive is not
> empty when you boot into Windows: otherwise, I think Bluebirds will
> install on that machine.  Yikes.
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I have an LG DVD burner and I don't think I've ever seen that 
"feature".  I'm running OpenSUSE 11.0 and don't have Windows available 
on that system.

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