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Article #1618Re: NS3.0 FloppyDisk Eject Problem
From: Michael W. Bolton
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 18:00
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 18:00
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In article <1992Sep28.162031.6269@helical.com> rallan@helical.com (Robb Aley Allan) writes: > From: rallan@helical.com (Robb Aley Allan) > Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin > Subject: Re: NS3.0 FloppyDisk Eject Problem > References: <1992Sep23.000145.17990@newsgate.sps.mot.com> > Reply-To: rallan@helical.com > > I've just been advised by a NeXT SE that the inability of 3.0 to eject/init floppies > (and, on my machine, opticals and CDs) is a bug INTRODUCED between PR2 and the final > release. Ugh. > > Use /etc/disk. > > Anyone else know a fix or workaround? > > -- > Robb Aley Allan, The Gulfstream Group > 220 Sunrise Avenue, Palm Beach, FL 33480 > voice: 407/ 832-4013 email: rallan@helical.com > Co-founder/director, Gotham Users of NeXT (GUN) I do not run/use Engage! but I did have the same problem. Keying on some of the discussion earlier on the subject, I stopped autolaunching Apps until the problem disappeared. I discovered that my problem resulting from autolaunching AltDock. If I do not autolaunch this application, everything seems to work great. I can subsequently start AltDock and my operation is back to normal. For whatever it's worth. Michael Bolton Texas A&M University.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ogicse!uwm.edu!wupost!cs.utexas.edu!tamsun.tamu.edu!news From: mwb7098@tamuts.tamu.edu (Michael W. Bolton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NS3.0 FloppyDisk Eject Problem Message-ID: <1992Sep29.180012.10547@tamsun.tamu.edu> Date: 29 Sep 92 18:00:12 GMT Article-I.D.: tamsun.1992Sep29.180012.10547 References: <1992Sep28.162031.6269@helical.com> Sender: news@tamsun.tamu.edu (Read News) Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station Lines: 36