Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: floppy/cd eject on unmount behavior | Date | 11 Dec 1998 19:56:51 GMT |
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Followup to: <Pine.LNX.3.96.981210122850.438A-100000@zaphod.cgmlarson.com> By author: "Pat St. Jean" <psj@cgmlarson.com> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > Hey folks, > Why not do it in reverse? I'm reasonably sure that CD-ROM drives will > lock the tray. Why not, when that is available, lock it on mount, and do > an unlock + eject on umount? > I know it isn't an ideal solution, but it works with hardware that > exists... >
We do lock on mount. Most people don't want to have the tray auto-ejected on umount (it was a common complaint with some early Linux CD-ROM drivers), so we don't.
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