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Date:      Tue, 30 Jun 1998 10:43:37 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Christopher G. Petrilli" <petrilli@DWORKIN.amber.org>
To:        Gerd Truschinski <agni@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Cc:        freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FTP - Server with ZIP an Floppy
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980630104217.12798B-100000@dworkin.amber.org>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980630163129.0093a210@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de>

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On Tue, 30 Jun 1998, Gerd Truschinski wrote:

> Is it possible to write to a disk 'without' mounting the file
> system each time? Is there something like 'mount volatile'?
> To make it clear, I don't want to have any useraction like
> 'mount -t msdos'.
> 
> Should I stay with KA9Q and DOS because this is not
> possible with FreeBSD.

I can't speak to ATAPI/IDE devices, but it is possible (at least
according to my rusty memory of writing SCSI drivers in the early 90s)
for the SCSI device to send a command block to the host to tell it that
it's eject button has been pressed.  You just need to bubble this up the
driver chain.  It would, however require some interlocking---no FTP
sessions when you eject it, etc.  

If you'd like, I can dig out my SCSI command references and find the
information.

Chris
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