Robert Joop wrote:
> yes, you are missing the unix paradigm that everything's a file, so it
> doesn't matter whether you are tar'ing to /dev/rdiskette0 or /dev/fd
> (device vs. mount point (at least according to /etc/vold.conf and
> /etc/vfstab, i haven't used the floppy on the solaris machine for ages)).
Ok, this is the reason to work with raw devices...
> actually, using a mount point has the advantage that a real computer
> doesn't let you eject the floppy while it's still mounted and the tar is
> not yet written completely.
Well, on modern Suns too floppy has mechanical eject buttons... and, indeed,
there is no real remedy to user's faulty behaviour... On the vast majority
of system the adoption of a mount point will not fix the problem (it
depends on the device used, anyway).
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C'you,
Massimiliano Pala
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