Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 1 May 2001 20:16:08 +0000 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: Can eject mounted zip disk after suspend/resume (2.4.4) |
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Hi!
> > If I hit an eject button on internal IDE IOMEGA zip drive after > > resume/suspend to memory on my Dell Inspiron 7500 notebook, then the > > disk will be ejected even if it is mounted. This behavior happens ONLY > > if I suspend my system with the mounted zip. Could I fix this somehow? > > Its an Inspiron bios bug - they fail to preserve the locked stat of the zip > drive across a suspend. Its not the worst bug in the world. In theory the > scsi/ide layer could use a PM notifier to check the locked stat is right > and force the drive into the right state. I'd take patches for it but lets > say its not high on my 'urgent problem' list
That would not work. If someone pressed eject while resuming....
[Fact that zips like to remember button presses might make this pretty bad.]
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