Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 13:16:51 -0500 (EST) From: Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: bin/6202: No way to detect removable media. Message-ID: <199804031816.NAA01770@ussenterprise.ufp.org>
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>Number: 6202 >Category: bin >Synopsis: No way to detect removable media. >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: support >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Apr 3 10:20:01 PST 1998 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Leo Bicknell >Organization: United Federation Of Planets >Release: FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE i386 >Environment: IDE based ZIP disk drive in a Pentium class FreeBSD system. >Description: There appears to be no standard, reliable method for determining if a removable media drive (eg, my ZIP disk, or a Floppy Drive) contains media. Attempting a mount is not good enough, as the disk may have several different types of file systems on it, or no file system at all (eg, raw tar archive). >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Suggest a new command that tests for the presence of meida in a removable disk drive (which requires correct ioctl()'s as well), suitable for use in a shell script. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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