We catch that
> 2. Scsi devices may be connected to several machines simultaneously.
> unmount at one machine, mount for writing at the other. Then
> reverse this. No ejecting, no writing to the device from the
> first machine, disk contents still changed.
That is the -least- of your worries here. You need to handle coherency
across the bus, resets and the like. That needs direct I/O and stuff
> 3. The diskette device could be hot-swapped without ejecting.
> Unlikely but possible.
The PCMCIA code handles that.
Perhaps we shouldnt boot in case the user takes the CPU out while running ?
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