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From: "Alaric B. Williams" <alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
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Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 10:45:25 +0000
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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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