Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 22:49:36 -0700 (MST) From: "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com> To: gnb@itga.com.au (Gregory Bond) Cc: drek@MonsterByMistake.Com, forrestc@iMach.com, cwass99@home.com, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: access floppy rw to lock system Message-ID: <200001140549.WAA08193@freeway.dcfinc.com> In-Reply-To: <200001140505.QAA07620@lightning.itga.com.au> from Gregory Bond at "Jan 14, 0 04:05:01 pm"
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As I recall, Gregory Bond wrote: >> Exactly. If it's read-only media, it should fail when being mounted >> read-write, or default to ro. > > Even this is not enough. PC floppy hardware doesn't have a "lock > media" function, so you can get the same panic by changing a floppy > for a write-protected one while it is mounted. But PC floppy hardware =does= have a "media changed" function. So, same deal. -crl -- Chad R. Larson (CRL15) 602-953-1392 Brother, can you paradigm? chad@dcfinc.com chad@larsons.org larson1@home.net DCF, Inc. - 14623 North 49th Place, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254-2207 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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