Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 14:26:42 +0000 From: Martin Tournoy <carpetsmoker@gmail.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel panic because I pulled a floppy? Message-ID: <4dd4cddf0512060626l2efc2e82x@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20051205195156.GB48930@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <fb6605670512041432w6e272c20yd5af3d727ada4c5f@mail.gmail.com> <20051205033740.GA31956@xor.obsecurity.org> <fb6605670512050537o4aa6d5ebsc3e7f7b1a2831289@mail.gmail.com> <20051205195156.GB48930@xor.obsecurity.org>
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It happens, I've experienced quite some problems with floppy's and FreeBSD 5.4 and 6.0 anyway, if you mount a floppy, pull it out and unmount it the kernel might panic, if the floppy if reading writing and you pull it out the kernel might panic, if you mount a floppy which is damaged or has a damaged filesystem the kernel might panic I think i've only seen FreeBSD crach about six times in the year I'm using it, all of those were with floppy problems... 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 It sucks, I know, I always use a windows machine when I need to write or read something on a floppy. Using windows instead of freebsd because it's better at something. . . . . . . scary. . . On 05/12/05, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 08:37:23AM -0500, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > > On 12/4/05, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote: > > > > Is this true? If so, it would be the very first Unix that I've seen > > > > crash from this kind of user-mistake. > > > > > > Turns out it's pretty hard to fix. > > > > Well, all I know is that it does happen on Linux, Solaris... I don't > > recall seeing it on HP-UX... > > > > I've popped floppies on those OSs before without incident when I went > > back to the directory. Luckily it's avoidable, just a little > > disappointing given FreeBSD's rock-solid reputation. > > OK. > > Kris > > >
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