Rob wrote: > > Yep - just tried > > mount -u -r -f /mnt > > and also > > umount -f /tmp > > Both fail with I/O errors, presumably from the fdc0 device. Also when > rebooting, the failed sync interferes with unmounting other filesystems, > causing fsck(8)s on the way back up. > > But mount/umount can't just ignore the device status - if it says things > are broken, what should they do?
I don't know. I may have given wrongly the impression that I am familiar with this matter. I am not at all. I just noticed a very illogical behaviour when mounting my readonly floppy; that's all. With my simple mind, I would say: 'mount' should be able to detect that you do a read/write-mount, but the medium is readonly; so it should give an error message and NOT mount. BUT: if it does mount the medium (floppy), then umount should also do its job; and not, as it is now, refuse to umount. Rob. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"