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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Add new slice to running system, comments?
To: phk@critter.tfs.com (Poul-Henning Kamp)
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 13:10:33 -0700 (MST)
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In-Reply-To: <404.821093364@critter.tfs.com> from "Poul-Henning Kamp" at Jan 8, 96 10:29:24 am
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> > That still doesn't achieve what I want, which is for 'native' FreeBSD
> > disk slices to be able to exist _inside_ a FAT filesystem.
> 
> Yes in fact it would.
> 
> It is the only way to avoid the terrible problems you get into if for
> instance I 
> 	rm -f /dos/C/WINDOWS.SWP
> while you swap on it.

Shouldn't this (well, loose meaning of "should" in this case, since I don't
agree with half of the VEXEC crap) result in an EBUSY?


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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