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In <00021715371206.00332@chani> Oliver Neukum (Oliver.Neukum@lrz.uni-muenchen.de) wrote:
ON> Am Don, 17 Feb 2000 schrieben Sie:
>> In <00021622461203.00298@chani> Oliver Neukum (Oliver.Neukum@lrz.uni-muenchen.de) wrote:
>> > Am Mit, 16 Feb 2000 schrieben Sie:
>> >> To add my own $0.02 ...
ON> <SNIP>
>> >> This solution works pretty well.
>> >> It is clean ( IMHO ).
>> >> Doesn't require extra software.
>> >> No danger of any corruptions. ( of kernel structures , like when the
>> >> medium is
>> >> ejected while still mounted ).
>>
>> > The kernel should be able to cope with a dead device, so pulling
>> > the medium must be survivable.
>>
>> You should not be able to pull medium while it in use. This is true for
>> CD-ROM, ZIP, MO and so on. This is not true only for "normal" floppies.
>> Let them die.

ON> That is becoming less true. The kernel has support for USB, firewire and PCMCIA.
ON> Even so pulling the medium, or even device, isn't much different from a
ON> headcrash on a harddisk. The filesystem can no longer be accessed.
ON> I happen to think the kernel should survive a device's death unless it holds /.

Kernel WILL survive. Just filesystem on said device/floppy willbe trashed
if you'll not unmount it first. No problem to me: "you are asked for this"...




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