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From: "Alaric B. Williams" <alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
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Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 21:16:27 +0000
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On 28 Apr 97 at 13:17, Mark Habersack wrote:
> Once upon a time (on 26 Apr 97 at 10:45) Alaric B. Williams said:

> > 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...")

> Sure you have to! What else is typing "a:"? It's a kind of mounting, isn't 
> it? DOS kernel re-reads the drive to check what media has been put in.

The mounting is done invisibly. Typing a: is just a change directory;
we don't have to type "a:" when a new disk is inserted, we just type 
DIR again, or whatever we want from the disk. There is no operation that
has to be taken to inform the system of disk changes because it knows,
all on it's own!

ABW
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Alaric B. Williams (alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk)

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