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> > Msdosfs is seriously broken.  It has twice damaged my filesystem to the 
> > extent that I had to reinstall FreeBSD.  Don't use it.
> 
> We should probably just remove it entirely for now.  I have some
> stand-alone dosfs reading code which Robert Nordier gave me and I
> intend to use for sysinstall, so that's that case covered.  Otherwise,
> as you've already found out, you take your life in your hands with
> msdosfs.

I use it all the time, but I'm *very* careful not to run more than one
process on the FS, and I unmount the darn thing as soon as I read/write
the files to the FS.

It works as long as I treat it like fragile china, and not having it
would be a real setback for me.


Nate