Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > it was one one my first posts to this list when i asked if Debian software > was to blame for automatically pulling in a DVD burner's tray after 200 > seconds. > Model is: HL-DT-ST (LG) GH24NSC0. > > Back then i even asked the LG customer support whether this was a known > feature, which they denied. So i blamed it on an individual quirk of the > drive. > This was corroborated by the fact that the drive showed this behavior while > EFI was waiting for my input about what to boot. > > But now i got a new burner, ASUS DRW-24D5MT, which shows the same behavior. > Because it is built into a test machine, i dug out a screwdriver and unplugged > the SATA data cable. So neither firmware nor operating system can order it to > move its tray. Nevertheless, after about 200 seconds, the tray moves in. > > So my question to all owners of optical drives which have a motor to pull in > the tray: > Does the tray stay out for clearly more than 200 seconds ?
yes. it will sit there until i do something to it. i'm not actually sure if it will close when i shut down the system but i think it will close when i boot up. > If you have a drive which pulls in on its own, please post its producer and > model id. (Obtain by burn program, or lshw, or by its name in > /dev/disk/by-id.) i hate it when machines do things i don't want them to do. that is what eject is for! :) songbird
