Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 04:38:24 +1000 From: Antony Mawer <fbsd@mawer.org> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@linux.gr> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [REVIEW/TEST] Rewritten floppy driver. Message-ID: <4124F3A0.2030509@mawer.org> In-Reply-To: <20040819164751.GB4004@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> References: <20040819141310.GA756@gicco.homeip.net> <19666.1092926344@critter.freebsd.dk> <20040819161000.GB843@gicco.homeip.net> <20040819164751.GB4004@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv>
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Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >>If a writeprotected floppy can't be mounted writable it's >>sufficient. > > The patch prevents read-write mounts of read-only floppies: *snip* > : orion# mount -t ufs /dev/fd0 /mnt > : mount: /dev/fd0: Read-only file system Would a more optimal solution be to show a warning indicating that the disk was write-protected, and proceed to mount the filesystem read-only? This may be a ridiculous proposal - I don't know enough about the code in question to say - but it was just a thought! :-) Cheers Antony
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