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Date:      Tue, 6 Dec 2005 15:19:36 +0000
From:      Martin Tournoy <carpetsmoker@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: kernel panic because I pulled a floppy?
Message-ID:  <4dd4cddf0512060719g2e498354s@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <44y82y45uf.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
References:  <fb6605670512041432w6e272c20yd5af3d727ada4c5f@mail.gmail.com> <20051205033740.GA31956@xor.obsecurity.org> <fb6605670512050537o4aa6d5ebsc3e7f7b1a2831289@mail.gmail.com> <20051205195156.GB48930@xor.obsecurity.org> <4dd4cddf0512060626l2efc2e82x@mail.gmail.com> <44y82y45uf.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>

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mtools, hmm, might want to check that one out....

Ok, stupid question perhaps, but what is "top-posting", I'm new to the
whole mailling list stuff, so if you can explain a bit I won't do it
anymore....

On 06 Dec 2005 10:12:40 -0500, Lowell Gilbert
<freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> wrote:
> 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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