*- On 7 Jan, Carl Fink wrote about "Re: umount - URGENT" > On Fri, Jan 07, 2000 at 01:52:15PM -0500, Michael Stenner wrote: >> while it's a good habit to demand successful umounts before removing >> media, remember that it IS a cdROM after all. You're certainly not >> going to damage it by just pushing the button and taking the thing >> out. Sure the os will complain, but you'll have the disk in your >> hand. > > I've hever been able to open a CD drive without unmounting the volume -- the > drawer won't open.
Along the same lines....this is the one mechanism of mac/sun/other(?) floppies that I would like to see somehow on x86 machines. I would much rather have a 'soft' eject button like on a cdrom or a software eject like the mac/sun floppies rather than a mechanical eject like on the x86 floppies. Does anybody know the fundemental reasons why the x86 platform has not adopted such a setup? Thanks, Brian Servis -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mechanical Engineering | Never criticize anybody until you Purdue University | have walked a mile in their shoes, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | because by that time you will be a http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis | mile away and have their shoes.
