Messages in this thread | | | From | Richard Zidlicky <> | Date | Tue, 16 Jul 2002 16:30:24 +0200 (MEST) | Subject | Re: IDE/ATAPI in 2.5 |
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> > >Solaris vold? Thanks no, floppy access was so easy in SunOS before the > >days of the volume manager. > > .... and it is even simpler since vold is present. Call volcheck to tell vold > that the media changed or use a SCSI floppy which supports to tell the kernel > that a media change did happen.
when it is properly configured which doesn't seem the common case. More often than not, things like accessing raw floppy images turn out to be a problem.
> >> - The volume manager should have a documented interface that allows > >> programs like e.g. cdrecord to gain exclusive access to a CD drive. > > >much simpler, cdrom driver needs an ioctl to claim exclusive use of > >the device and cdrecord than needs to use that ioctl. > > This will not work. What should happen when the drive is mounted?
block or return -EBUSY.
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