Re: Detecting CDROM insertion

teunis (teunis@mauve.computersupportcentre.com)
Fri, 14 Nov 1997 11:55:49 -0700 (MST)

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On Fri, 14 Nov 1997, Gerd Knorr wrote:

> In article <19971113191136.62531@edgar.edmunds.com>, you wrote:
> >Is there any linux way to _immediately_ detect the insertion of a CDROM?
>
> No. The only way is polling once every five second or so...

Possible on SCSI AFAIK....
<grin>
And apparently (?) on properly implemented IDE-cdroms

G'day, eh? :)
- Teunis

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