From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Aug 28 00:55:12 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C48509C3739 for ; Fri, 28 Aug 2015 00:55:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from quartz@sneakertech.com) Received: from douhisi.pair.com (douhisi.pair.com [209.68.5.179]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A09BE782 for ; Fri, 28 Aug 2015 00:55:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from quartz@sneakertech.com) Received: from [10.2.2.1] (pool-173-48-121-235.bstnma.fios.verizon.net [173.48.121.235]) by douhisi.pair.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C08B43F72E; Thu, 27 Aug 2015 20:55:10 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <55DFB16E.4090804@sneakertech.com> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 20:55:10 -0400 From: Quartz MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Polytropon CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stop using a SATA drive References: <20150824214252.53aa04c6.freebsd@edvax.de> <55DEF869.1010202@sneakertech.com> <20150828000118.31f33a35.freebsd@edvax.de> <55DFA213.4030304@sneakertech.com> <20150828020029.c3c53813.freebsd@edvax.de> <55DFAB0B.7020307@sneakertech.com> <20150828024643.c0d5d2dd.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20150828024643.c0d5d2dd.freebsd@edvax.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 00:55:12 -0000 >>> This is possible. >> >> OK, well my question (via Chris' original question) was, is there >> currently a port or package that actually implements this? > > Not that I am aware of. Maybe some specific (vendor-supplied) > control software for disk controllers ("RAID controllers") > can do this? Hmm... ok. Not that I have any plans for this, but just out of curiosity, how easy do you think it would be to write one? > There was also a menu entry: "eject floppy disk", and additionally > a keyboard shortcut. Well... sorta. Even that was messed up. If you used command-E ("Eject") you got the stupid ghost icon. You had to use command-Y ("Put Away") which didn't really make a lot of sense. But as I said, Apple's mental model for disconnecting disks has always been weird. >I was impressed when I was this on my first > Mac systems - the disk would "magically" come out, there was no > mechanical button for it. Yeah the old "disk eater" drives. It wasn't long before they dropped most of the mechanical assist mechanism to save money. >so atacontrol > doesn't exist anymore - camcontrol is to be used. Right, right, sorry. I saw "atacontrol" but thought "camcontrol".