Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 20 May 1999 22:50:35 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH/DRIVER] /dev/changer |
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Hi!
> See: http://unfix.org/projects/changer > > Short: > /dev/changer allows you to use+mount all the slots in a cd-changer. > > Long: > > Normally it isn't allowed to mount all the discs of a changer at once, > that is because when you mount one slot you can't change to another > anymore, because the cdrom gets locked. > And ofcourse you'll have to unmount it and then you'll have to change > discs by hand. Ok you could do this with a script... but what if you want > to share the drives with NFS or Samba and you don't want people to have to > hassle with the scripts... let alone when multiple people try... > This little wrapper solves this problem. > When it is loaded by the kernel it seeks in the Unified CdRom driver list > and checks for changers (capacity>1&changable). It adds these devices to > an changer-internal list, opens them and adds them to the changer-devices > minor list. The devices changer:minor can then be mounted like any other > normal cdrom device, as it acts like a single cdrom device... > The other minors can also be mounted at the same time as the > changer-wrapper will change to the appropriate slot when it needs access > to it.
Ugh, not that I looked (I do not own a changer), but I wonder what kind of hell two cat `find /` & on two different disks summon.
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