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Date: Sat, 26 Apr 97 23:58 NZST
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To: alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk
From: Lorier <lorier AT ihug DOT co DOT nz>
Subject: Re: File Systems (was Re: Usage of directory entries
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At 10:45 AM 26/04/97 +0000, Alaric B. Williams wrote:
>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...")

Agreed.  I wonder why M'Soft hasn't pushed for software eject's and things
on floppys... It sounds like a scheme they'd love... "Click [Ok] to eject
the floppy disk" "Microsoft Word is currently using MYTEXT.DOC on A:, please
close this file before ejecting your disk  [OK] [More help]" :)