🚀 go-pugleaf

On Thu, 07 Oct 1999 11:28:42 -0700, Mike Richter <mrichter@cpl.net>
wrote:
>> The big problem is ejecting discs, and also formatting discs. DirectCD
>> won't let a disc be ejected until it is closed
>
>Not so. It will not let you eject until the cached writes are completed.

Ah, OK, still learning :) Why don't cached writes complete within a
few minutes though? I had my PC crash during shutdown today, and when
I rebooted a directory I created on a CD had disappeared, presumably
because the data was never physically written to the CD (even though
it showed up in Explorer).

>There is nothing special here; Explorer, like any other s/w eject, will
>hang until the cached writes are completed, then implement the command.

Actually Explorer DOES Eject, when all other s/w fails. My only
assumption here is that DirectCD either has an Explorer extension, or
some other patch, which calls the Adaptec eject.

>That said, I know of no programs or components to accomplish your
>objective.

Somehow I knew this answer was coming. Does anyone know if other
packages behave the same way? I'm guessing they probably do.

Thanks for the quick response Mike, it's good to at least have someone
else's view on this and get some answers, even if they're not the ones
I wanted to hear!



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