Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 13:28:09 GMT From: rb@gid.co.uk (Bob Bishop) To: Julian Assange <proff@suburbia.net> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A simple way to crash your system. Message-ID: <v01540b06aec1ee20ee4e@[194.32.164.2]>
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>> YES!!! You're not alone. I suspect for *most* of users the ability to >> transfer data to/from MSDOS partitions/floppies is crucial. As for me, as >> much as I love FreeBSD, I would seriously consider changing it to Linux, >> if it were unable to deal with msdosfs. > >The floppies isn't an issue. You can use the m* utils for this without >msdosfs - though I agree data sharing from paritions is very important. > >Proff NOOOO!!!! I don't want to dink around with assorted utilities just to copy files on and off floppies. Especially when mtools.1:BUGS says (2.1.5) "The support for non-Linux OS variants has not been tested for a long time. It may contain bugs, or even not work at all." Rather stick with the devil I know... -- Bob Bishop (0118) 977 4017 international code +44 118 rb@gid.co.uk fax (0118) 989 4254 between 0800 and 1800 UK
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