Messages in this thread | | | From | "Stephen C. Tweedie" <> | Date | Fri, 25 Feb 2000 13:42:06 +0000 (GMT) | Subject | Re: Of removable devices |
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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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