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Date:      06 Dec 2005 10:12:40 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        Martin Tournoy <carpetsmoker@gmail.com>
Cc:        "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: kernel panic because I pulled a floppy?
Message-ID:  <44y82y45uf.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <4dd4cddf0512060626l2efc2e82x@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <fb6605670512041432w6e272c20yd5af3d727ada4c5f@mail.gmail.com> <20051205033740.GA31956@xor.obsecurity.org> <fb6605670512050537o4aa6d5ebsc3e7f7b1a2831289@mail.gmail.com> <20051205195156.GB48930@xor.obsecurity.org> <4dd4cddf0512060626l2efc2e82x@mail.gmail.com>

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Don't top-post, please.

Martin Tournoy <carpetsmoker@gmail.com> writes:

> My advice:
> Save all your work before you do anything with a floppy
> Don't do anything with a floppy on critical machines
> Think before you act when working with a floppy

Using the mtools port is a lot easier.  It uses the Windows model of
separate devices instead of mounting the floppy into a unified
filesystem tree, so it avoids the kernel interaction with the mount
point. 




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