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 cc: "'OpenDOS newsgroup'" Subject: Re: [opendos-developer] Re: [opendos] OpenDOS + Win95 w/FAT32? In-Reply-To: <199702112149.WAA11694@magigimmix.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: Organization: Total disorganization. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Precedence: bulk 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. Mike A. Harris | http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris Computer Consultant | My webpage has moved and my address has changed. My dynamic address: http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris/ip-address.html mailto:mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca RHIDE: Current version 1.10