From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 5 14:37:42 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0559C37B400 for ; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 14:37:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from russian-caravan.cloud9.net (russian-caravan.cloud9.net [168.100.1.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 756AC43E5E for ; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 14:37:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com) Received: from earl-grey.cloud9.net (earl-grey.cloud9.net [168.100.1.1]) by russian-caravan.cloud9.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E29B728D30; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 17:37:38 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 17:37:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Leftwich X-X-Sender: To: Josh Paetzel Cc: FreeBSD LIST Subject: Re: mount_msdos woes In-Reply-To: <200208051550.01368.friar_josh@webwarrior.net> Message-ID: <20020805173403.E21601-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> Organization: Video2Video Services - http://Www.Video2Video.Com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 5 Aug 2002, Josh Paetzel wrote: > There are lots of things a root user can do to take a machine down, and that isn't limited to FreeBSD. I didn't need to hear that :) I *always* log in as root and have crashed my FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE box just twice now, since Feb 2002! > Have you taken a look at mtools in the ports collection? It saves you > from having to mount the floppy at all. I'm pretty sure mount_msdos > tries to use fat32 on anything it touches, not really a desirable > situation at any rate. > Josh Thanks for the tip! I remember using something like mtools back in 1994-1995 on SunOS workstations but it seemed simpler then. I just `pkg_add -r mtools` package-added mtools this moment but am dismayed already by the following: myprompt$ minfo -v /dev/fd0 Mtools version 3.9.8, dated 27 November 2001 Usage: minfo [-v] drive Wouldn't most FreeBSD users agree that mounting removable media is more integrated and "full of oneness" than an mtools solution? Maybe I'm alone. -- Peter Leftwich President & Founder Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA +1-413-403-9555 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message