Re: Of removable devices

From: Alexander Viro (viro@math.psu.edu)
Date: Thu Feb 17 2000 - 12:13:12 EST


On 17 Feb 2000, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:

> >>>>> "FG" == Francis GALIEGUE <francis@mandrakesoft.com> writes:
>
> FG> No, this is unacceptable. If a user removes a media in the process of
> FG> writing, then it's his fault, and his program should get thrashed to
> FG> give him a lesson.

> It is perfectly possible to handle this kind of thing on PC hardware, as
> evidenced by other operating systems that do it. If it's too hard for
> Linux then fine, but that should be admitted fairly instead of just saying
> the user is an idiot for wanting it.

Eh? If one wants to pull the mounted device in the middle of write and
expects his data alive and well after that - well, he _is_ idiot. If you
want political correctness - please: comprehension-challenged. Better?

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