Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 10 Oct 1999 21:22:47 -0400 | From | Dave Boynton <> | Subject | Re: Questions on CDROM support |
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> From: Jens Axboe <axboe@image.dk> > On Sat, Oct 09 1999, Anthony Barbachan wrote: > > Do SCSI or EIDE CDROMs notify the host enviroment in any way that the eject > > button has been pressed or that its status has changed either directly or > > indirectly? If not, could the pressing of the eject button be monitored > > through some sort of polling? > > Same as above. Your best choice is probably to poll with > CDROM_MEDIA_CHANGED and use that information, although that > can't tell you about eject attempts.
DirectCD in Win95 does determine that the eject button was pressed with a mounted disc, and pops up a dialog asking if they want to close the disc before ejecting.
Dave Boynton dave@trylinux.com
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