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From: "Rell W. Ambrose" <rell@csi.compuserve.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development
Subject: Re: [2.0] Support for rmovable drives
Date: 27 Jan 1995 12:07:18 GMT
Organization: CompuServe Incorporated
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Message-ID: <3ganlm$2k3@mhaal.inhouse.compuserve.com>
References: <1995Jan24.184946.722@robkaos.ruhr.de>
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> I have both a Syquest and a Fujitsu MO drive. They can be used
> as fixed disks, but there is a problem when you change media.
> A unit attention arises and the device disappears. Therefore
> you need to reboot even if you put in an identically partitioned
> cartridge.
> Could there support for such drives be added?
> 
> Thanx in advance.
> Robert

I HAve a Syquest drive.  I treat it just like a floppy disk in
that I unmout it before swapping media, and then remount the new
disk.  This seems to work fine.

Actually you have to unmount a removeable drive to swap media
since the driver LOCKs the media when you mount it.

-Rell W. Ambrose