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Comments: Authenticated sender is <alaric+abwillms AT sdps DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
From: "Alaric B. Williams" <alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
To: grendel AT hoth DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 10:45:25 +0000
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Subject: Re: File Systems (was Re: Usage of directory entries
Reply-to: alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk
CC: alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk, opendos-developer AT delorie DOT com
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On 25 Apr 97 at 14:41, Mark Habersack wrote:

> > that and it's nice to be able to select the "best" driver for the job :) But
> Exactly! But for that we'd have a 'mount' command - after all, is it *so* 
> complicated to type 'mount -t vfat /dev/fd0' ?? 

Only if absolutely necessary. If we can possibly do without such a UNIXism,
we should... it'll only cause problems. I have had a hard enough time
convincing people that they shouldn't copy files by opening them, swapping
disks, and closing them, let alone explaining that each floppy they use
has to be mounted and demounted ("But I don't have to do that under MS-DOS...")
 
ABW
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Alaric B. Williams (alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk)

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