RE: automount/volume management

Slyglif Cain (slyglif@magerealm.com)
Mon, 14 Sep 1998 22:22:43 -0700

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lm@bitmover.com [mailto:lm@bitmover.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 14, 1998 09:02 P
> To: Slyglif Cain
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: Re: automount/volume management
>
>
> Solaris's volume management is really, really annoying to many
> people. It made it almost impossible to just stick a floppy in and
> tar to/from it because the automounter had it locked.

It automounted floppies as well? When did they turn that off? (I
have to type "volcheck" on my Solaris 2.5, 2.5.1, and 2.6 boxes at
work to mount the floppy). Also, while this may be annoying to many
people, I'm sure there are some people who like the functionality.

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