Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 23:36:46 -0500 (CDT) From: John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: CD-ROM driver bug -- causes system lockup! Message-ID: <199606270436.XAA01103@complete.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960626191203.227F-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> from Doug White at "Jun 26, 96 07:13:15 pm"
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> On Mon, 24 Jun 1996, John Goerzen wrote: > > > I recently bumped the eject button on my CD-ROM drive. Now I know that this > > should not be done -- I should run umount first -- but anyway, I did it. I > > realized my mistake, and quickly ran umount /cdrom (it was mounted on > > /cdrom). At that point, the system locked up with a panic. > > > > My CD-ROM drive is a Sony CDU33A. > > I wouldn't call this a bug. I can make FreeBSD do strange things if I > eject a floppy before unmounting it. I can perhaps understand it if other programs are trying to access it. But all I did is run umount, and it caused a panic. That's a bug. > Other CDs (like my Plextor 4plex+) lock the tray in. Your Sony doesn't > support this it looks like. Yes, the CD-ROM drive supports the lock feature. There are DOS programs to lock/unlock it. > So in the future, avoid that eject button :-) Guess I'll have to :-) -- John Goerzen | Turn your PC into a Workstation for FREE! Custom programming | Check out www.freebsd.org NOW! For free FreeBSD jgoerzen@complete.org | Unix shell access, 316-367-8490 with your modem.
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