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SubjectRe: Of removable devices
Hi,

On Thu, 24 Feb 2000 22:19:47 +0300 (MSK), "Khimenko Victor"
<khim@sch57.msk.ru> said:

>> Indeed. It seems crazy to include handling of removal of active media
>> as a supported feature.

> Media can be non-active while filesystem on said media will be active
> (mmap'ed file between update calls).

Sure. If the user has a file mmaped and removes the disk, they get to
keep the resulting mess. That's a case of "don't do that, then", not a
case for O/S intervention.

--Stephen



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