Re: can't eject data CD's

[Desmond Rivet <rivet ecf utoronto ca>]

Hi,

What the heck is Supermount? I thought the whole mounting/unmounting issue
was built into the underying design of any UNIX like system...how can one
just get rid of it?

Not that it doesn't sound like a good idea...mounting CDs and
floppies just seems silly...

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Desmond Rivet          rivet@ecf.utoronto.ca
Eng Sci 0T0 + PEY      rivet_d@hotmail.com

   You live and learn, or you don't live long

On Mon, 3 Jul 2000, Sean Middleditch wrote:

> Tatar Kolos wrote:
> 
> >
> > > > Do you mean, that after you put in your CD, an icon appears on your
> > > > desktop, and unless you remove that icon, the CD can't be ejected?
> > > > Because if so, then you have the same 'problem' as i do. Because i think
> > > > it is not a bug. You have to unmount the CD-ROM before you get your CD
> > > > out. It is rational, because ejecting a mounted floppy from the FDD may
> > > > lead to problems. And the data CD is automounted when put in.
> > > >
> > >
> > > No no no... The CD Player applet won't let you eject any CD's, whether
> > > they're mounted or not.  You either have to use the CD Player applet's
> > > eject button or remove the applet.
> > CD Player? You 'play' your data CD-s?
> >
> 
> It's an applet... it stays on the panel all the time... whether your're playing
> a CD or not...
> 
> >
> > > Automounted when you put it in, and an annoying icon popping up on your
> > > desktop?  What distro are you using, Red Hat?  They're the only ones I know
> > > that do that... ~,^
> > Yes, i use RedHat. And i don't think, it's annoying. Easier to unmount
> > that way. :)
> >
> 
> Too bad you have to unmount at all.  ~,^
> 
> >
> > > Nice thing about Mandrake, you don't NEED to mount anything.  Supermount
> > > rocks!
> > What distro are you using, Mandrake?  They're the only ones I know
> > that do that... :)
> >
> 
> Really?  Which others?  It's a feature I don't think I can live without
> anymore... that whole umounting/mounting thing is perhaps the #3 reason people
> stick with Windows (#2 being the need to use 'su' and #1 being the loss of their
> old applications).
> 
> >
> > Kolos
> >
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> Sean Middleditch
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