Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 18:25:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Eric Berenguier <Eric.Berenguier@sycomore.fr> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Crash when removing floppy disk Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960828182312.233F-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <v01530504ae49dde1f458@[192.134.92.34]>
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On Wed, 28 Aug 1996, Eric Berenguier wrote: > I use FreeBSD Release 2.1.0, and every time i remove a floppy while > the computer is writing to it, the computer crashes (kernel panic > or just hang). I've tried on two different machines (P75+PCI & 486VLB), > it makes no difference. > I know floppy disks shouldn't be removed when used :), but i think > an OS should not crash for stupid things like this. > My linux box at home doesn't crash when i remove a floppy :) > (no flame please) Then Linux is **MUCH** more lenient on the floppy disk (which is surprising considering they're on async FS). As it stands, the floppy driver assumes you'll treat the floppy disk like a hard disk, mounting it and leaving it there until you unmount it with the 'umount' command. There has been some chatter on improving the floppy support to not require mount/umount, but there were some technical problems that had to be dealt with. > Is there a way to correct this problem ? Don't pull the disks out until you've umounted them and the drive light goes off. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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