Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 11:46:07 +0100 (MET) From: Nick Hibma <nick.hibma@jrc.it> To: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: removable media daemon Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95q.980131114104.24374g-100000@ross.jrc.it>
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Removable Media Daemon v0.3
BETA VERSION
by Nick Hibma
Rmd is a program is ment to make your live easier by supplying a easy to
use but relatively safe way of mounting removable media.
It consists of a daemon and a set of scripts interfacing with it. The
daemon executes as root and tries to minimise its activity to the bare
minimum. It does not prevent users from interfering with each other
(neither does the Solaris version of rmd). The scripts run completely in
user land and can safely be used by nobody ... I mean user nobody. rmd
uses pthreads.
Features:
x Mounting/Unmounting/Ejecting removable media from userland
x Supports: CDROM (SCSI,IDE), JAZ drives, floopies
x SCSI: Automatic mounting on insertion of the medium
Negative aspects:
x Extra SCSI traffic, including blinking of front panel LED of SCSI
controller when no media is present.
x Use of FIFO does not return any errors to the user, only through
console.
x Requires patching of the kernel for
- Silence about Medium not present errors
- Adding of SCIO ioctl controls
- Modification of timeouts for JAZ drive
x No support for audio CD's like vold for Solaris has.
Read the DISCLAIMER after downloading. Also, the README file contains
valuable information. Finally by downloading that piece of software you
promise to forward any comments to nick.hibma@jrc.it, so I can improve the
junk I call rmd.
URL:
ftp://mat075207.student.utwente.nl/private/n_hibma/rmd-0.3.tar.gz
ME-SAI, Joint Research Centre, Italy
building: 69
tel.: +39 332 78 9943
fax.: +39 332 78 9648
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