Re: add to the kernel TODO

Martin Mares (mj@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz)
Wed, 3 Mar 1999 17:01:55 +0100


Hello!

> Why not simply modify the floppy driver to keep the floppy motor
> on while the disk is mounted? People are `trained' not to eject
> the disk while the light is on....

Because there are machines with floppy disks inserted for weeks
(once I had a router using floppy as root) and it isn't wise to keep
the motor on if you don't touch the diskette at all.

Have a nice fortnight

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Martin `MJ' Mares   <mj@ucw.cz>   http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/
Faculty of Math and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Earth
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