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Date:      Thu, 29 May 1997 08:27:47 +0200
From:      j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
To:        scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        jonny@mailhost.coppe.ufrj.br (Joao Carlos Mendes Luis)
Subject:   Re: ZIP drive eject
Message-ID:  <19970529082747.DK34680@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <199705281716.OAA16552@gaia.coppe.ufrj.br>; from Joao Carlos Mendes Luis on May 28, 1997 14:16:20 -0300
References:  <199705281716.OAA16552@gaia.coppe.ufrj.br>

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As Joao Carlos Mendes Luis wrote:

>   I noted that it's possible to eject a ZIP disk even when it's
> mounted.  I'm using an external ZIP, attached to a 1542 SCSI adapter.
> My kernel is a 2.2.1-R with a patch to recognize the ZIP as an "od"
> device.

This probably means your drive is ignoring the PREVENT ALLOW MEDIUM
REMOVAL command issued by the driver.  (All our drivers do this.)

Maybe there's a jumper or such for it?

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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