[sf-lug] i586 ThinkPad CD-ROM problems

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Jason Turner (jturner at nonzerosums.org):

> Well, b[wl]ow me down... it works on my home "server" too.

As a more representative data point:

# lshw | head  
linuxmafia.com            
    description: Computer
    width: 32 bits
    capabilities: dmi-2.0
  *-core
       description: Motherboard
       product: NS440BX DP
       physical id: 0
       version: 694708-209
       serial: IBNS8500506

Now, the DMIdecode stuff is cool, and it _does_ tell us useful things,
but not the make/model of the computer, which in this case is a VA
Research model 500.

(You are in general more likely to strike paydirt on recent brandname
laptops.)