Messages in this thread | | | From | Jason McMullan <> | Subject | Re: add to the kernel TODO | Date | 3 Mar 1999 15:50:13 GMT |
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thoth@purplefrog.com wrote with confidence: > The other thing is "what happens when the eject isn't a request?" as > with old floppy drives. If you wanted to get clever you could "detect > disk change" and force unmount the device (possibly killing processes) > with a kernel message about lost data.
Why not simply modify the floppy driver to keep the floppy motor on while the disk is mounted? People are `trained' not to eject the disk while the light is on....
-- Jason McMullan - Linux - GGI - http://pepsi.visus.com/~jmcc I can't wait until the point where free Linux CD's or other paraphenalia is included in cereal boxes. That truly will be the cherry ontop of our madness! -- Mike A. Harris <mharris@ican.net> on linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
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