[ On Monday, March 22, 1999 at 21:04:10 (GMT), Bill Sommerfeld wrote: ]
> Subject: kern/7211: st driver locks tape in drive for no-rewind device
>
> 	Probably the best bet is to call st_unmount to clear the media
> 	removal bit (and do a bunch of other cleanup) if the device is
> 	at beginning-of-tape in a close on a no-rewind device.

I'd just like to emphasize that the "prevent media removal" bit
shouldn't be turned off arbitrarily on some kinds of devices, such as
most cartridge tapes, if at all possible, *unless* the tape truly is at
the BOT mark.

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