[Syllable-developer] Re: I hate computers sometimes

[Kaj de V. <syl...@fr...>]

Did you close the filer window that you used to access the floppy? If I 
remember correctly, on USB sticks at least, the only problem can be that 
you have to close the window, then re-open the Disks window to let the 
filer know that the medium is not in use anymore, so you can right-click 
and choose "unmount".

Kaj

----- Message from Jake Hamby <jh...@po...> on Sun, 30 Jan 2005 
15:18:07 -0800 -----
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Re: [Syllable-developer] I hate computers sometimes
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I just tried copying a file to a floppy in Syllable and rebooted into 
Windows and the file was there.  That doesn't prove anything of course, 
but I did notice two things:  1) our floppy driver uses BIOS calls which 
makes it extremely unfriendly to multitasking (try moving the mouse 
pointer while it's accessing the floppy), and 2) I wasn't able to 
unmount the floppy from the GUI or from the command line (it gave me a 
device busy error).

...

-Jake