From:	mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
Date:	Tue, 11 Feb 1997 22:07:54 -0500 (EST)
Reply-To:	mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
To:	yeep <yeep AT xs4all DOT nl>
cc:	"'OpenDOS newsgroup'" <opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net>
Subject:	Re: [opendos-developer] Re: [opendos] OpenDOS + Win95 w/FAT32?
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On Tue, 11 Feb 1997, yeep wrote:

>  
> > As I said, you could 'mount', ie declare the diskname as something you
> > would like to use later on, the driver should be smart enough to see that
> > the volume isn't really there and ignore it UNTIL you attempt to access
> > it, then it generates the error.  Should you remove the media before
> > switching to another 'mounted' disk, the driver sees that the media has
> > changed and prompts you to insert the prior disk if it needs to be
> updated
> > before switching to the one you want to use.  I know this sounds
> ungainly,
> > but DOS does this with floppies already.
> 
> So does Winlose 95.
> God I hate that..the BBSOD (Big Blue Screen Of Death) pops up and tells me
> to re-insert floppie 23AF-B78C.

Yeah, that would get really annoying if you ask me.  It would be
a much better solution to disable write caching on floppies.  I'd
much rather use a slow floppy, than trash it because I forgot to
manually flush the cache.

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