linux-kernel - Re: graceful handling of removing a plugable storage device that is being written to

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Date:	Sun, 11 Sep 2011 21:01:16 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Martin Steigerwald <Martin@...htvoll.de>
Cc:	Hin-Tak Leung <hintak_leung@...oo.co.uk>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: graceful handling of removing a plugable storage device that is
 being written to

On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 18:53, Martin Steigerwald <Martin@...htvoll.de> wrote:
> Frankly, I never tried this on AmigaOS. I know that AmigaOS expects the
> exact same floppy disk to be inserted again. Only the same name isn´t
> enough. But I have no idea, what AmigaOS would have done, when I inserted

Are you sure the volume name wasn't enough?
For most things, it relied on the volume name, that's how you could map
floppy names to hard drive directories using assigns.

> the disk into another Amiga, did something there and then insert it into
> the Amiga with the notification and pressed "okay". Probably it would have
> eaten the disk then.

Most probably.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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