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SubjectRe: Can this CD/Floppy Behaviour be Done? [offtopic?]
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com) wrote :

>Followup to: <366C4F74.350D6D9D@chrysler.com>
>By author: Dennis Grant <dg50@daimlerchrysler.com>
>In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>>
>> I was futzing with my system in user-space last night, and I wonder if
>> there's a way to do something:
>>
>> One of the behaviours I really miss from my Amiga days is the ability to
>> auto-detect and auto-mount removeable media filesystems.
>>
>
>This is very hard (read: highly unsafe) to do on the PC, because the
>hardware doesn't give a signal to the OS that something has been
>inserted, and even worse -- that something is about to be removed.

Neither on the Amiga, the OS must poll the status.
Even more , if the drive is empty , it will report empty
until you move the heads ( and a floppy is inserted ).
I never understand why is this ... ( the head movement requirement )

>Even IDE CD-ROMs with a soft button and motorized mechanisms, which
>*should* be able to do this, don't give the software the neccessary
>clues that something has been inserted, or that someone pressed the
>button.

How does then Win95 detect the inserted CD ?
( a retorical question, it probably polls the drive status periodicaly )

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