Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 22:25:42 +0100 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mount -o async on a news servre Message-ID: <Mutt.19970113222542.j@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199701132056.NAA28192@phaeton.artisoft.com>; from Terry Lambert on Jan 13, 1997 13:56:00 -0700 References: <199701130130.MAA13813@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> <199701132056.NAA28192@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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As Terry Lambert wrote: > > Huh? How do "other BSD's" handle reading the media size from a drive > > that handles variable size media? I think you're dreaming again. > > They don't attempt to read it until they verify that media is present. Btw., FreeBSD also re-reads the geometry later if needed. The number presented at boot is only for convenience there. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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