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Re: Hurd F1 CDs



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.
> 
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