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Date:      Thu, 6 Aug 1998 17:45:37 -0400
From:      Chris Hill <jchill@dgsys.com>
To:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Install *actually* friendly
Message-ID:  <v03007801b1efd1445f44@[204.97.64.155]>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980806103655.8594C-100000@mercury.jorsm.com>
References:  <v03007800b1ed30dc8847@[204.97.64.155]>

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Jeremy Shaffner <jer@jorsm.com> wrote,

>On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, Chris Hill wrote:
>
>[snip]
>>
>> ... I would have liked not to have
>> had to manually edit my /etc/fstab just to be able to use my floppy drive.
>>
>
>You don't have to.  Using floppies requires mounting them after you put
>them in and unmounting them before you take them out.  Only reason (Aside
>from never removing the floppy) you would put the floppy in /etc/fstab
>would be with a noauto option so you could just `mount /floppy` instead of
>the longer `mount /dev/fd0 /floppy`.

That's exactly what I did, and exactly why I did it. I apologize for the
poor wording of my Gripe.


--
Chris Hill                   jchill@dgsys.com
[place witty saying here]



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