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SubjectRe: Kernel 1.3.76 ref CDROM
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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