From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 24 14:56:53 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA05714 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 24 Dec 1997 14:56:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts12-line10.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.142]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA05705 for ; Wed, 24 Dec 1997 14:56:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA10136; Wed, 24 Dec 1997 14:56:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 14:56:01 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Kwoody cc: George Vagner , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cdu31a cdrom In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 24 Dec 1997, Kwoody wrote: > > > thats wierd, i cannot remove my cd-rom from the drive if it is mounted. > > > pushing the button has no effect. > > > > Yup. :-) Software eject lock is fun. I've had times, though, that my > > Plextor forgets that it's been told to lock the CD and lets me eject it > > anyway. He might have one of these. > > > > Or he's used to using the Emergency Disk Ejector aka paper clip in the > > little hole :-) > > Nope the CDU31A is a Sony single speed that Ive had around for ages. > running in its third machine now. Its been a reliable little drive over > the years. > > Now about this software lock...is something avaible for BSD that I can > use on this Sony? It's a function of the CD drive. Your drive doesn't appear to support it. Most if not all SCSI CDs do. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major