Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 08:37:23 -0500 From: "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel panic because I pulled a floppy? Message-ID: <fb6605670512050537o4aa6d5ebsc3e7f7b1a2831289@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20051205033740.GA31956@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <fb6605670512041432w6e272c20yd5af3d727ada4c5f@mail.gmail.com> <20051205033740.GA31956@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On 12/4/05, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote: > > Is this true? If so, it would be the very first Unix that I've seen > > crash from this kind of user-mistake. > > Turns out it's pretty hard to fix. Well, all I know is that it does happen on Linux, Solaris... I don't recall seeing it on HP-UX... I've popped floppies on those OSs before without incident when I went back to the directory. Luckily it's avoidable, just a little disappointing given FreeBSD's rock-solid reputation. Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca>
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