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Re: NS3.0 FloppyDisk Eject Problem

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From: Robb Aley Allan
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 16:21
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From: rallan@helical.com (Robb Aley Allan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
Subject: Re: NS3.0 FloppyDisk Eject Problem
References: <1992Sep23.170928.6666@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>
Reply-To: rallan@helical.com

Tim Pugh writes
   craigh@domino.sps.mot.com (Craig Hansen) writes:
   
   >In article <1992Sep17.195148.13949@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> tim@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu  
   >(Tim Pugh) writes:
   >> Is anyone else experiencing a problem with floppy disk ejection.  To be
   >> more precise, I automount a DOS formatted disk, transfer certain files
   >> to the hard disk (copy).  When done I select Disk from the main menu
   >> of WS Manager and find that in the submenu, the eject command is inactive;
   >> i.e., it is grey (not balck).  Is this a bug or simply an installation
   >> problem?  Thanks for your response.
   
   I have since found that the problem is related to the running of Engage!
   Apparently a bug in NS3.0 causes this behavior when Engage! is running.


Don't think so. People are reporting this all over the place. I have the same problem,  
and don't run Engage. It affects all removable disks (ODs, floppies, CDs).

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Robb Aley Allan, The Gulfstream Group
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voice: 407/ 832-4013   email: rallan@helical.com
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From: rallan@helical.com (Robb Aley Allan)
Subject: Re: NS3.0 FloppyDisk Eject Problem
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