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SubjectRe: Of removable devices
>It is perfectly possible to handle this kind of thing on PC hardware, as
>evidenced by other operating systems that do it. If it's too hard for
>Linux then fine, but that should be admitted fairly instead of just saying
>the user is an idiot for wanting it.

really? All systems using the current floppy drives have that problem. If
the user pops the floppy out you are just as likely to get a blown format
and getting a warning "put that back" message. Once the format is blown
putting it back is useless.
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Jesse I Pollard, II
Email: pollard@navo.hpc.mil

Any opinions expressed are solely my own.

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