Thanks, I understand now. The only problem is to get the cdrom drawer to unlock with settrans -ag /cdrom
Phil. On Sun, 25 Mar 2001, Roland McGrath wrote: > Ok, things are working fine. I guess I just wasn't quite clear. Without > the -a flag to settrans, it resets the passive translator; ergo, using > "settrans -g NODE" resets the passive translator on the node. You want the > passive translator to be set, i.e. as MAKEDEV leaves it. When you want to > unmount the disc, you want to use use -ga (with or without -f) so as to > reset the active translator (which is what unmounting means) without > changing the passive translator. > > There is no reason to ever clear the passive translator setting on /dev/hd2. > Then you won't have the problem. > > Quite simply, always use settrans -ga to "unmount". Unless you know very > specifically what you want, never use settrans in any other way. > Just let MAKEDEV set up /dev/hd2 and then don't change it. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > - Philip Charles; 39a Paterson St., Dunedin, New Zealand; +64 3 4882818 Mobile 025 267 9420. I sell GNU/Linux CDs. See http://www.copyleft.co.nz [EMAIL PROTECTED] - prefered. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
