Messages in this thread | | | From | "Ulrich Windl" <> | Date | Fri, 29 Mar 1996 08:27:05 +0100 | Subject | Re: Kernel 1.3.76 ref CDROM |
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On 28 Mar 96 at 11:29, Derrik Pates wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Mar 1996, Andrew C. Esh wrote: > > > Every CD drive I have seen has a button or a lever on the front > > which ejects the disk. Try that. There isn't any point in ejecting > > the CD if you aren't within arm's reach of the drive anyway. If > > the drive is too far away, you may need an arm upgrade. See your > > local arms dealer. :) > > Ha ha, very funny. However, I know it'd be convenient for _me_ to have my > CD-ROM drive kick the tray open when it's unmounted. If you don't want > it, you don't have to have it. I still say build-time option. Then, those > of us who like it can have it and those who don't, don't have to. Some of > us like these little conveniences where we can get them. And don't give > me the argument about _drinks_ in front of the machine. Anyone who's dumb > enough to leave a drink right in front of their CD-ROM drive (or on or > right next to any computer h/w for that matter) deserves to have their > machine fried. > Despite of the fact whether it's funny or not, and whether your arms are long enough or not, this feature can be done in user level, i.e. in the mount/umount programs.
Ulrich
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