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  From: Benjamin Close <linux@senet.com.au>
  To  : hawjd001 <hawjd001@lux.levels.unisa.edu.au>
  Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 18:02:07 +0930 (CST)

Re: autodetect cd insertion

On Tue, 4 May 1999, hawjd001 wrote:

> is there a way of detecting that a CD has been inserted?
> 
> I've noticed that the message "hdc: media changed" sometimes comes up on the console.
> 
> ultimately, i'd like a program to be called whenever the media is changed.
> 
> Should I be looking at the automouter stuff?
> 

Yes, this is what you are after.
automount/fs will mount the cd and then timeout if you don't use it for a
while.

My question is are you changing cd's without unmounting them first?

Cheers,
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* Benjamin Close
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