From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 5 14:25:40 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43E8537B401 for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 14:25:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D037A43E4A for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 14:25:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gA5MPRMO019149 for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 22:25:27 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gA5MPLKs019148 for questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 22:25:21 GMT Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 22:25:21 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mount floopy disk Message-ID: <20021105222521.GA17687@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20021105125317.GC98973@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> <200211051105.58587.nyingelay@hotpop.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200211051105.58587.nyingelay@hotpop.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-14.1 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_01_02, USER_AGENT,USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.41 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 11:05:58AM -0800, Naydoe Maung wrote: > What are the consequences if I eject the floppy or reboot the system without > unmounting the floppy? and does it also apply to the CD-ROM too? > Thanks. With floppy disks, it depends to some extent on the precise model of drive. Generally however, the system cannot tell that the disk has been removed. Hence operations that access the disk will tend to block, if not worse. CD-ROMs don't suffer from this. The drive can be queried by the system to find out if media is present. If the CD is mounted, then you'll find that hitting the eject button has no effect. It's just a much better design than the floppy. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message