kernel panic because I pulled a floppy?

[Martin Tournoy]

mtools, hmm, might want to check that one out....

Ok, stupid question perhaps, but what is "top-posting", I'm new to the
whole mailling list stuff, so if you can explain a bit I won't do it
anymore....

On 06 Dec 2005 10:12:40 -0500, Lowell Gilbert
<freebsd-questions-local at be-well.ilk.org> wrote:
> Don't top-post, please.
>
> Martin Tournoy <carpetsmoker at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > My advice:
> > Save all your work before you do anything with a floppy
> > Don't do anything with a floppy on critical machines
> > Think before you act when working with a floppy
>
> Using the mtools port is a lot easier.  It uses the Windows model of
> separate devices instead of mounting the floppy into a unified
> filesystem tree, so it avoids the kernel interaction with the mount
> point.
>
>