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Date:      Sun, 22 Aug 2010 13:42:38 +0200
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To:        Randi Harper <sektie@gmail.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, Rui Paulo <rpaulo@FreeBSD.org>, Jim Riggs <freebsd-lists@christianserving.org>
Subject:   Re: CD/DVD ejecting after sysinstall
Message-ID:  <86sk26kh5d.fsf@ds4.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <C938352E-F8F9-4C55-B1E0-7A9C8F48C5A5@gmail.com> (Randi Harper's message of "Sat, 21 Aug 2010 15:24:22 -0700")
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Randi Harper <sektie@gmail.com> writes:
> Rui Paulo <rpaulo@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> > You are correct. We should not be ejecting the CD without a
> > prompt. If the commit is reverted, it should be explicitly noted in
> > the code so that we don't do this mistake again.
> That's a judgement call, not an absolute. I think what we are doing
> isn't a problem for 99.999% of use cases.

On the rare occasions where I use sysinstall, I usually find that prompt
annoying...  but I almost broke a CD drive once by ejecting the tray
with the enclosure's dust cover half closed.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no



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