> > > In fact, MS-DOS provide far superior support for floppies than Linux or > > > FreeBSD or any other Unix I've used. > > > > In what way? > > Perhaps in the way this thread has been discussing for the past 10 or so > posts? Namely the handling of error conditions, when dealing with a floppy > that has been write protected. > > In MS-DOS you weren't stuck in an endless loop of attempting to write to the > floppy.
I fear that this is getting *way OT*, but: MS-DOS didn't mount the floppies. This problem is difficult because we *do* mount the floppies. However, mounting has a lot of benefits that MS-DOS doesn't provide. -jj -- Users of C++ should consider hanging themselves rather than shooting their legs off--it's best not to use C++ simply as a better C. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
