From: Paul Guyot (pguyot_at_kallisys.net)
Date: Sat Feb 07 2004 - 10:21:13 PST
Aux environs du 7/02/04 à 13:14 -0500, sous le titre "Re: [NTLK] card
eject", Dan prit sa plus belle plume pour écrire les mots suivants:
>I would never have thought to use Card Eject (which is made for standard
>linear cards)with ATA cards. They are like apples and oranges, both food
>but that is where the similarities end. And I would always use the unmount
>system built into the driver, since that is *made* to handle ATA.
Well, someone used Secret from SBM (or whatever their utility to
password protect a Linear card is called) with an ATA card and the
result was desastrous.
>I should have mentioned in my previous post that Card Eject was only for
>Linear cards. I am glad you brought that up. I also did not know that it
>is possible to get the message even though one used Card Eject. I have
>never tried it while in the middle of something, waiting till the Newt was
>idle. I guess I am from the old school where we always waited till
>everything was idle before making any sort of system changes. Running
>processes and system changes generally don't mix well.
Actually, I don't think anyone ever encountered the message if they
used Card Eject, since it's very unlikely. It is just a way to
illustrate the difference between deactivating packages and
unmounting.
Paul
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