Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Paul H. Hargrove" <> | Subject | Re: CD Jukeboxes | Date | Mon, 10 Feb 1997 15:11:07 -0800 |
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Alan Cox wrote: > > > I think this should not be limited to SCSI CD changers. There are also > > (E)IDE CD changers, tape changers, worm changers etc. which would benefit > > from such a mechanism. > > It seems sensible to map the IDE cdrom changes to "partitions" - ie > > /dev/hda1 /dev/hda2 /dev/hda3 ... > > etc. and auto switch in the driver. > > Alan
PLEASE DON'T DO THIS!!!! How would you then handle partitioned cdroms?
I know, you say to yourself "Is there such a thing as a partitioned CD?" Well, there is. Every Macintosh CD includes a partition table. In >90% of the cases there is a single partition, but this in not always the case. One example is a CD with one year worth of a magazines "supplement" floppies. I know this isn't the best use of CD technology but it exists.
I know that the last time I checked Linux didn't even bother to check for a partition table on an IDE cdrom. However, I wan't to see that change when the various PPC ports start getting integrated into the main kernel. Mapping cdrom changer slots to partitions would make this impossible. -- Paul H. Hargrove All material not otherwise attributed hargrove@sccm.stanford.edu is the opinion of the author or a typo.
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