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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!newsroom.utas.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!dfw.nkn.net!rowdy.lonestar.org!nemesis!uhclem From: uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org (Frank Durda IV) Subject: Re: Gateway-2000's X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5 Organization: The Big Blue Box Message-ID: <DMzLC1.8yt@nemesis.lonestar.org> References: <Pine.SUN.3.90.960218061256.26344E-100000@tulip.cs.odu.edu> Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 19:40:48 GMT Lines: 20 [1]Ragnar (bowden@cs.odu.edu) wrote: [1]That is not just the sony, but panasonic, mitsumi, and scsi all have this [1]same "bug", if you close the cdrom with the cd that you opened it with in [1]the drive, it will generally recover(though no always)...that last [1]sentence reads like a sledgehammer to the temple, but I am tired, go away. Or, you can Lock the drive to prevent this type of accident. The Pansonic driver (matcd) allows you to lock the drive door when you mount it. Just use the /dev/matcd0la device. When the drive is unmounted, you can open the tray. Useful for physical security too. I agree that the system should survive the removal of read-only media a lot better than it does, but this problem is not in the drivers its in the cd9660 stack. Frank Durda IV <uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org>|"The Knights who say "LETNi" or uhclem%nemesis@rwsystr.nkn.net | demand... A SEGMENT REGISTER!!!" ^------(this is the fastest route)|"A what?" or ...letni!rwsys!nemesis!uhclem |"LETNi! LETNi! LETNi!" - 1983