On Sat, 2006-09-09 at 02:11 +0100, Thufir wrote: > On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 23:37:49 +0200, Antonio Montagnani wrote: > > > 2006/9/8, Thufir <hawat.thufir@xxxxxxxxx>: > >> On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 17:26:48 +0200, Antonio Montagnani wrote: > >> [...] > >> > how do you unmount a CD inserted in the burner if you don'have such > >> > graphical option?? > >> > In any case k3b unmounted it by itself, this is my opinion......and my > >> > experience, I blanked regularly CD-RW > >> > -- > >> > Antonio Montagnani > >> > Skype : antoniomontag > >> > >> Some useful commands: > >> > >> df diskfree > >> du diskusage > >> mount to mount > >> umount to unmount, notice spelling weirdness. > >> > >> > >> yes, read the man pages. yes, you can ask "how do I use the umount > >> command to unmount the CDRW drive?" but more info is required to answer > >> that question than, I believe, you've given. Maybe the info is there, > >> I didn't look as there's so much, though. > >> > >> > >> HTH, > >> > >> > >> Thufir > >> > >> -- > >> fedora-list mailing list > >> fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >> To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > >> > > My opinion is different.... > > A standard user must be able to blank a CD-RW without reading the > > manual, i.e. k3b or nautilus must accomplish the task (that is not my > > case now) otherwise Windows will rule for many years in front of us!!! > > > > Just my two cents > > While it may be less than clear that a disk MUST be unmounted to write to it (except with UDF on RW disks), that is a necessity for both burning a CDR and formatting a CDRW. K3b does not do that for you and I have at times overlooked the fact that disks automount when trying to copy disks and when formatting the CDRW (even though I have years of experience and am thus not a newbie) I agree that it may be useful to have that option in k3b and you can easily submit a feature request to the authors. > > > Cheers > > -- > > Antonio Montagnani > > Skype : antoniomontag > > > ROFL. Yes, you shouldn't have to read a manual for what you're doing. > However, it's not working for you, hence the suggestions. My linux > knowledge isn't deep, and might even be wrong, but it's free ;) > > > -Thufir > >
