On 01-10-31 16:53:01 CET, Massimiliano Pala wrote: > 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...
pardon? > > 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, i wouldn't call this modern, rather driven by market forces. my sysadmin calls it insanity. floppy drives without motor are a little bit cheaper. but even in 12000 EUR suns they have these 10 EUR PC floppy drives... rj _______________________________________________ OpenCA-Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openca-devel
