[techtalk] request for ideas

[Aaron Malone]

On Mon, Oct 11, 1999 at 01:37:03PM -0500, Jim Browning wrote:
> Sorry, but I disagree. Having played with DOS, Win 3.1, Win 3.11, Win95,
> Win98, C, C++, Visual C++ and Visual Basic, rebuilt several computers from
> the motherboard up, and installed more drivers and configured more dip
> switches (remember them?) than I care to count, the idea that an operating
> system has to be told that a disk has been inserted into a drive is strange,
> at the least. I'm planning on looking at (installing, etc.) Linux. It would
> appear Linux has quirks that would not be apparent to those coming at it
> from a personal computer angle (as contrasted with the Unix angle).

Actually, you *do* have to tell Win/DOS that you've inserted a floppy drive.  
You do so by typing "a:" then running commands, or by double-clicking on the
"3 1/2 Floppy (A:)" icon.  The advantage in this is that the actual mounting
is transparent to the user.

-Aaron

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