[H-GEN] Removeable Storage Devices

Paul Gearon pag at tams.com.au
Mon May 31 20:05:31 EDT 1999


(Note reply-to: being general at humbug.org.au vs Paul Gearon <pag at tams.com.au>)

>Here is what I am trying to do.  When a user puts
>in a disk, the drive is *not* locked but mounted
>automatically.  When the eject button is pressed,
>the disk is unmounted and the disk ejects.  Sort
>of the fashion that is used with PCMCIA devices.

Is it possible to use the drive without it being locked?  Perhaps instead
the drive sends a signal to say that eject has been pressed, and unmounting
can be done then?

Regards,
Paul

Paul Gearon
gearon at computer.org

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will fling an enormous rock at your head.") 

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