Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Of removable devices | Date | Thu, 17 Feb 2000 21:51:20 -0300 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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Oliver Neukum <Oliver.Neukum@lrz.uni-muenchen.de> said:
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> That is becoming less true. The kernel has support for USB, firewire and > PCMCIA . Even so pulling the medium, or even device, isn't much > different from a headcrash on a harddisk. The filesystem can no longer be > accessed. I happen to think the kernel should survive a device's death > unless it holds /.
The kernel holds up fine. It's just the data (filesystem) on the medium that gets thrashed... -- Horst von Brand vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl Casilla 9G, Viña del Mar, Chile +56 32 672616
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