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From: "yeep" <yeep AT xs4all DOT nl>
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Subject: Re: [opendos-developer] Re: [opendos] OpenDOS + Win95 w/FAT32? 
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 22:33:37 +0100
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> > > 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.

Slow floppy?
Man, the only thing I do with them is copy from, or copy to.
Where's the need for caching something like that?
Copy to, ready, remove.
Caching would make it even slower (I think)

		Yeep