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Date:      Wed, 26 Jun 1996 19:13:15 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: CD-ROM driver bug -- causes system lockup!
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960626191203.227F-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199606241945.OAA00227@complete.org>

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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.
> 
> Thanks for the help!

I wouldn't call this a bug.  I can make FreeBSD do strange things if I 
eject a floppy before unmounting it.  

Other CDs (like my Plextor 4plex+) lock the tray in.  Your Sony doesn't 
support this it looks like.

So in the future, avoid that eject button :-)

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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