Re: Automounters - more info wanted (was Re: Re: plextor px-708uf: cannot get disk type)
>From: Lourens Veen <lourens@rainbowdesert.net>
>> NO, if you like to check for a media change you need to access
>> the TOC.
>Thanks, but that's not what I was asking. What I want to know is, if
>I were writing a volume management system, and I wanted to make
>sure it didn't interfere with a write in progress, is there any way
>for it to find out if a disk is being written without disturbing a
>write in progress?
NO
>If this is impossible, then for the volume management not to
>interfere with cdrecord, cdrecord must tell the volume manager that
>it is writing.
Well, the volume management on Solaris allows to do this by opening e.g.
/vol/dev/rdsk/c1t1d0/unknown_format
The correct name is retrieved by asking the volmgt system.
Jörg
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