Are RWs a problem?

Anne Wilson cannewilson at tiscali.co.uk
Fri Apr 7 17:59:24 UTC 2006


On Friday 07 April 2006 17:01, Tim wrote:
> Mike McCarty:
> >> Erm, not on my machine. I have to use umount from a CLI. Using
> >> the desktop icon results in the disc being ejected.
>
> Anne Wilson:
> > Strange - here (FC4) I have the options of both umount and eject.  Could
> > it be a kde/gnome difference?  Of course the issue is to make sure that
> > it's umounted, so it doesn't matter what method is used.
>
> Yes it does.
>
> Scenario 1:
> 1. Insert blank RW.
> 2. Auto system decides to do something with disc that upsets your
>    preferred burning software.
> 3. Unmount disc.
> 4. Use your burning software as you see fit.
>
> Scenario 2:
> 1. Insert blank RW.
> 2. Auso system does what it does...
> 3. Eject disc.
> 4. Go back to step 1 and never get to burn your disc.
>
Tim, you're being obtuse.  It does not matter in the least which method you 
use to umount, as long as you umount.  I never suggested that ejecting was a 
solution.  Mike had referred to umounting from the CLI, as you will see 
above.

Anne
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