Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 02 Jan 1997 13:57:54 +0200 (GFT Standard Time) | From | Marko Sepp <> | Subject | Re: Floppy problem |
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At 23:23 21.12.1996 -0400, you wrote: > >(This is more rehashing the floppy drive problem.) >
>> I must say that I think ejecting the disk ought to magically umount the >> drive! Can this be done via kerneld? It seems not - it's all wrong. >> The kernel gets notified but not via a demand for a device ... > >Can't. The floppy drive hardware is backward and stupid. It does not >notify when a disk is removed, it notifies (if you check!!) if a disk >change has occurred. > >
Can't it be checked by the kernel, every time somebody wants to do something with a floppy drive ?
Marko
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