Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 01:10:24 +0100 From: Ernst de Haan <ernst@jollem.com> To: Joshua Delong Thomas <jdt2101@ksu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mounting a music cd (by accident) and then an automatic reboot Message-ID: <20001107011024.A14578@c187104187.telekabel.chello.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21L.0011061630280.9770-100000@unix1.cc.ksu.edu>; from jdt2101@ksu.edu on Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 04:32:57PM -0600 References: <Pine.GSO.4.21L.0011061630280.9770-100000@unix1.cc.ksu.edu>
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The `mount'ains are the most dangerous area in FreeBSD-land. I once mounted a Mac floppy. Boom. One of the man pages I read (mount ?) stated that a mount of a `damaged' partition may crash the OS. And so it does. Ernst Joshua Delong Thomas wrote: > While trying to play a couple of cds, I was figuring you had to mount the > cd. I wasn't thinking, but anyway, when I tried to mount it, it gave me > a path error, and then the OS automatically rebooted. Why the automatic > reboot when the mount failed? Just a curious question > > -Josh > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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