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mlehto
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Bug or feature ?

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Question is about hard disk in wb.

From shell assign hd4: dismount

Then I accidently clicked my hd4 (rmb)

I got guru.

I can duplicate this, every time :)

System: Peg2/G4, 1 gm mem, radeon 9250.
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Mor eexactly.

When I push RMB over unmounted hd icon, guru appear. I think, that it is popup-menu. After guru popup-menu doesnt work any more.
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Hello,
I don't have the problem with my AmigaOne-XE. What version of ContextMenus you are using?
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Hi,

I have 53.1 (30.11.09)

Amiupdate doesnt find anything newer.

I think it is newest (?)

I made clean install with updates recently, after I changed hd, psu, graphics card and memory module to my peg2.

Have to say that now this works.
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mlehto wrote: I have 53.1 (30.11.09)

Amiupdate doesnt find anything newer.

I think it is newest (?)
Yes, that's the latest version.
mlehto wrote:I made clean install with updates recently, after I changed hd, psu, graphics card and memory module to my peg2.

Have to say that now this works.
Good to hear that the problem is gone.
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@mlehto

Don't use "Assign DISMOUNT" unless you know what you are doing. It isn't safe.

This is from "SYS:Documentation/C/Assign.doc":
The DISMOUNT option used with a device name can be used to dismount
the device and all volumes that belong to the device. This feature
was added in version 51.14 and requires dos.library V51.30+, if
one of this requirements is missing the DISMOUNT option for devices
will work like the DISMOUNT option for volumes (see below).
Note: It depends on the filesystem/handler if dismounting a device
is supported or not. When its not supported, the device and the
volumes which belong to it are disconnected from the device and
volumes lists.

Warning: The DISMOUNT option (called REMOVE in V1.3) used with a volume
name disconnects the volume from the list of mounted volumes. It does
not free up resources; it merely removes the name from the list. There
is no way to cancel a DISMOUNT used with a volume name without
rebooting. DISMOUNT on volume names is primarily for use during
software development. Careless use of this option may cause a software
failure.
For a safe way to dismount a filesystem that frees all it's associated resources you should use the Dismount command without its FORCE switch. The FORCE switch of C:Dismount makes it act in the same way that "Assign DISMOUNT" does.

Some filesystems may not support the ACTION_SHUTDOWN packet used for closing a filesystem safely. In such cases there is no safe way to close them.

The Dismount command is documented in "SYS:Documentation/C/Dismount.doc".
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Re: Bug or feature ?

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Thanks :)

Ok, deckaration of bug or feature was correct then.

Above I said that system works. I meant generally.

I think there will be more bug or feature reports :)
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