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- >>>>> "John" == John Edward Bauer <jbauer@plains.nodak.edu> writes:
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- John> I have noticed that on bootup E/L 199o4 tries to read from
- John> the cdrom 4 times. This is without a cd in the drive. A cd
- John> is not mounted anywhere either. This takes a substantial
- John> amount of time. However, if there is a cd in the drive it
- John> boots very quickly. Mounted or unmounted. If there is a cd
- John> mounted and you take it out without unmounting it E/L still
- John> starts quickly. I know it's a pretty petty thing. It just
- John> gets annoying hearing the cd drive checking for a cd for 30
- John> seconds. Is this normal?
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- This is another symptom of the same problem that causes E/L to
- interrupt music that is playing on a CD-ROM player when E/L starts.
- I've marked it as a very high priority item to look into, although
- it's largely going to be a question of just what services are provided
- by the Linux CD-ROM driver. It didn't appear obvious what to do when
- I first wrote the code, but I was relying on the manual pages for
- answers. This time I'll look at the CD-ROM driver sources.
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- I can't say when I'll get to it, though. There are some other things
- that have been pushed back too long (NEXTSTEP port, international
- keyboard support).
-
- --Cliff
- ctm@ardi.com
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