From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 6 14:26:45 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 710A916A420 for ; Tue, 6 Dec 2005 14:26:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from carpetsmoker@gmail.com) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C84943D5E for ; Tue, 6 Dec 2005 14:26:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from carpetsmoker@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i14so376320wra for ; Tue, 06 Dec 2005 06:26:43 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=TtkysbippbARs38Ao3rE2eADpu+0meNNGXOGVOaloRlxshD/mM9vY6q6ygnyraCoUZvzTQUWPB3yYXT7yrMgU6+R2iNNBvr9cowSKJe994O3w7CPwdwt/4j4Pm/HHY8b8rOUqYz3OvlqOxXLlTguH0vRVJfmULyxGiBsKqn8RRo= Received: by 10.65.205.19 with SMTP id h19mr528118qbq; Tue, 06 Dec 2005 06:26:42 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.65.214.16 with HTTP; Tue, 6 Dec 2005 06:26:42 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4dd4cddf0512060626l2efc2e82x@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 14:26:42 +0000 From: Martin Tournoy To: Kris Kennaway In-Reply-To: <20051205195156.GB48930@xor.obsecurity.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <20051205033740.GA31956@xor.obsecurity.org> <20051205195156.GB48930@xor.obsecurity.org> Cc: "Michael P. Soulier" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel panic because I pulled a floppy? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 14:26:45 -0000 It happens, I've experienced quite some problems with floppy's and FreeBSD 5.4 and 6.0 anyway, if you mount a floppy, pull it out and unmount it the kernel might panic, if the floppy if reading writing and you pull it out the kernel might panic, if you mount a floppy which is damaged or has a damaged filesystem the kernel might panic I think i've only seen FreeBSD crach about six times in the year I'm using it, all of those were with floppy problems... My advice: Save all your work before you do anything with a floppy Don't do anything with a floppy on critical machines Think before you act when working with a floppy It sucks, I know, I always use a windows machine when I need to write or read something on a floppy. Using windows instead of freebsd because it's better at something. . . . . . . scary. . . On 05/12/05, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 08:37:23AM -0500, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > > On 12/4/05, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > > Is this true? If so, it would be the very first Unix that I've seen > > > > crash from this kind of user-mistake. > > > > > > Turns out it's pretty hard to fix. > > > > Well, all I know is that it does happen on Linux, Solaris... I don't > > recall seeing it on HP-UX... > > > > I've popped floppies on those OSs before without incident when I went > > back to the directory. Luckily it's avoidable, just a little > > disappointing given FreeBSD's rock-solid reputation. > > OK. > > Kris > > >