From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Steve Brueggeman <xioborg@yahoo.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] submount: another removeable media handler
Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 10:12:38 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3EC91086.7080908@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <oc2icvot0lp3qaqpven4v7bgp6e7oc6krm@4ax.com>
Steve Brueggeman wrote:
> Off Topic, sorry.
>
> Is there a way to detect whether a floppy has been installed, without
> actually forcing the motor to spin, and heads to engage???
>
> I'd like to create a simple auto-run utility that constantly looks for
> a special file on a MSDOS formatted floppy, and run it if found.
> Unfortunately, the only way I know of to determine if a floppy is
> installed is to open the floppy device, which causes the undesired
> motor spin-up, and head access.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated!!!
>
Electrically it should be possible. Whether or not the floppy device
driver supports it is another matter.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-05-19 16:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-05-16 5:06 [ANNOUNCE] submount: another removeable media handler Eugene Weiss
2003-05-16 11:33 ` Alex Riesen
2003-05-16 14:31 ` Eugene Weiss
2003-05-16 18:46 ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-05-19 16:45 ` Steve Brueggeman
2003-05-19 17:12 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2003-05-16 12:16 ` Michael Buesch
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-05-17 6:05 Eugene Weiss
2003-05-19 10:51 Andrey Borzenkov
2003-05-19 17:10 ` H. Peter Anvin
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