Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 10:26:57 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: mount -o async on a news servre Message-ID: <199701141726.KAA29974@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Mutt.19970113222542.j@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at Jan 13, 97 10:25:42 pm
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> > > 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. *Convenience*?!?!?! Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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