Re: Can this CD/Floppy Behaviour be Done? [offtopic?]

Brian Gerst (bgerst@quark.vpplus.com)
Tue, 08 Dec 1998 14:12:40 -0500

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> -hpa

What about SCSI cdroms and zip drives?

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						Brian Gerst


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