From owner-freebsd-scsi Sat Jan 31 02:46:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA25356 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Sat, 31 Jan 1998 02:46:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mrelay.jrc.it (mrelay.jrc.it [139.191.1.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA25351 for ; Sat, 31 Jan 1998 02:46:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nick.hibma@jrc.it) Received: from pacific.jrc.it (pacific.jrc.it [139.191.72.150]) by mrelay.jrc.it (LMC5688) with SMTP id LAA19928 for ; Sat, 31 Jan 1998 11:46:08 +0100 (MET) Received: from ross.jrc.it by pacific.jrc.it (4.1/IRSA-ME_1.3m) id AA05588; Sat, 31 Jan 98 11:46:08 +0100 Posted-Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 11:46:07 +0100 (MET) Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 11:46:07 +0100 (MET) From: Nick Hibma X-Sender: n_hibma@ross.jrc.it Reply-To: Nick Hibma To: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: removable media daemon Message-Id: Reply-Path: Nick.Hibma@jrc.it Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" 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