> thoth@purplefrog.com wrote with confidence:
> > The other thing is "what happens when the eject isn't a request?" as
> > with old floppy drives. If you wanted to get clever you could "detect
> > disk change" and force unmount the device (possibly killing processes)
> > with a kernel message about lost data.
>
> Why not simply modify the floppy driver to keep the floppy motor
> on while the disk is mounted? People are `trained' not to eject
> the disk while the light is on....
Because I keep my Tripwire diskette in the drive... And it's the only diskette
that ever gets there... I remove it *really* infrequently. And leaving the
motor running for such a long period of time surely isn't healthy,
marek
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