Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:45:40 +0100 (MET) From: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@korin.warman.org.pl> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A simple way to crash your system. Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.961127082352.21497A-100000@korin.warman.org.pl> In-Reply-To: <v01540b00aec0fd3355fd@[194.32.164.2]>
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On Tue, 26 Nov 1996, Bob Bishop wrote: > >> Msdosfs is seriously broken. [...] > > > >We should probably just remove it entirely for now.[...] > > > >Any strong votes to the contrary? I don't think there's anything > >about the current msdosfs we want to keep anyway. > > > > Jordan > > Er, hangonaminute... I rely heavily on it for dealing with dos-format > floppies, and I suspect I'm not alone. > YES!!! You're not alone. I suspect for *most* of users the ability to transfer data to/from MSDOS partitions/floppies is crucial. As for me, as much as I love FreeBSD, I would seriously consider changing it to Linux, if it were unable to deal with msdosfs. Perhaps the additional effort spent for making this fs highly optional (read: almost unavailable for average user) could be spent the other way, namely making this fs support better. One additional remark and I'm thru: IMHO, what makes Linux so popular is (among others) its compatibility with most widely used standards such as ATAPI, MSDOSfs, available drivers and packages and so on ... Average (==non-hacking) users make decisions basing on these factors, and not the stability of the OS. Now, flame me, if you like :-) I'm probably exaggerating, but doesn't it "ring a bell" ? Andy. PS. I'm a FreeBSD fan, so don't take me wrong. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Andrzej Bialecki <abial@warman.org.pl> _) _) _)_) _)_)_) _) _) --------------------------------------- _)_) _) _) _) _)_) _)_) Research and Academic Network in Poland _) _)_) _)_)_)_) _) _) _) Bartycka 18, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland _) _) _) _) _)_)_) _) _) +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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