Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 20:27:55 -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: <55DFAB0B.7020307@sneakertech.com> In-Reply-To: <20150828020029.c3c53813.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>
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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? > However, in regards of disk drives, I wouldn't call this > procedure "eject", but maybe better "detach". I'm not a fan of "eject" either, but that's Apple for you. They've always been weird about this sort of mental model; in both OSX GUI and classic Mac OS you drag the disk icon into the trash to unmount it. More than a few new users were very nervous about that. >In retrospect, > ye olde "atacontrol" _had_ this functionality. See the dusty > historic manual for details. :-) Wait, so this functionality existed but was removed? What was the reasoning behind that?
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