Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 20:55:10 -0400 From: Quartz <quartz@sneakertech.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stop using a SATA drive Message-ID: <55DFB16E.4090804@sneakertech.com> In-Reply-To: <20150828024643.c0d5d2dd.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <CAPi0psvT5aaHR7kU%2B28qwVDdutyMn7LjhFUGZRWctz4gGfgvgw@mail.gmail.com> <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>
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>>> 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".
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