RE: gmc/libvfs suggestion for removable media

["Fox, Kevin M" <KMFox mail bhi-erc com>]

zip drives do have eject buttons... The only drive I am aware of now is the
floppy drives.

The solution would be to have a mount option to set the cache on a device
(floppy) to 0 so it writes all changes on the fly. that way you could pull a
floppy and change it with out remounting it.

Then If you were really sick you could place a symbolic link on your desktop
called "My computer" and link it to /mnt and you would get a listing like
winblowz

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Jesse D. Sightler [SMTP:jsight@pair.com]
> Sent:	Tuesday, February 23, 1999 6:57 PM
> To:	Daniel Burrows
> Subject:	Re: gmc/libvfs suggestion for removable media
> 
> Daniel Burrows wrote:
> 
> >   Does anyone know how MacOS X will handle this?  I know it's a BSD
> derivative
> > which means it'll mount/umount internally but how is Apple dealing with
> > removable stuff?  I'm almost sure that it won't *require* manual
> mounting
> > or unmounting.  Automounting, lockable drives (like my CD), and
> media-change
> > notification are my guesses..
> 
> Simple, it doesn't allow you to eject the disk with anything other than
> software, or a small pointed object.  :)  This stuff should only be a
> major problem for drives that don't have intelligent electronic disk
> ejection systems.  Unfortunately floppies on PCs, and I believe ZIP
> drives are both guilty of having mechanical eject buttons.  LS-120s, CDs
> and Mac disk drives are all generally smart enough not to allow ejection
> if they are already mounted by the kernel (unless, of course, you use
> the manual override).
> 
> Anyway, the point is that this is not a GNOME issue, and is therefore
> irrelevant to this list.  :)
> 
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