[3721] in RedHat Linux List
Multiple-CD changer; access from a web page
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Info junkie)
Sun Nov 10 11:42:05 1996
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 1996 11:14:03 -0500 (EST)
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Ok to whoever responded to my earlier queries regarding the IDE CD
changer ...I have finally figured how to get the damn thing working;
there is a simple program in /usr/src/linux-2.0/Documentation/cdrom/ide-cd
that allows you to load different disks onto the cd to be used on the mount;
i copied and compiled the program as cdload; here is what i would normally
do to get this working [/dev/hdd/ is my cdrom drive]
umount /dev/hdd %unmount the CD
cdload /dev/hdd 1 % select the CD on slot 1
mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdd /somepath/somedir % mount the selected CD
Here is what i would like to do:
have a user click on a web link for say CD1;
issue all the above commands and mount the CD under the FTP directory.
Then allow the user to connect to the site via a newly displayed
link.
[This i dont like, but i dont see any other way]
If another user tries to access the CD while it is in use then
they can but if they try to access a different one -- the unmount would
fail and they should get a message that another CD is in use with
a mention of which CD it is.
When a user is done, there should be an automatic unmount.
I know this tricky; but is there any other way to do this?
cheers
jamal
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