Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: Can this CD/Floppy Behaviour be Done? [offtopic?] | Date | 8 Dec 1998 08:12:55 GMT |
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Followup to: <366C4F74.350D6D9D@chrysler.com> By author: Dennis Grant <dg50@daimlerchrysler.com> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > I was futzing with my system in user-space last night, and I wonder if > there's a way to do something: > > One of the behaviours I really miss from my Amiga days is the ability to > auto-detect and auto-mount removeable media filesystems. >
This is very hard (read: highly unsafe) to do on the PC, because the hardware doesn't give a signal to the OS that something has been inserted, and even worse -- that something is about to be removed. Even IDE CD-ROMs with a soft button and motorized mechanisms, which *should* be able to do this, don't give the software the neccessary clues that something has been inserted, or that someone pressed the button.
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