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To: Americanwolfsbrother

Unix is great. If you have something like say a CD rom goes out.... just "un mount" it.... open the case of the box.. take the old one out... stick the new one in.... close the box and "mount" the new CD.... Never shut the system down... no problem. Great OS


127 posted on 02/03/2006 7:12:43 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Tagline Repair Service. Let us fix those broken Taglines. Inquire within(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Fiddlstix
Unix is great. If you have something like say a CD rom goes out.... just "un mount" it.... open the case of the box.. take the old one out... stick the new one in.... close the box and "mount" the new CD.... Never shut the system down... no problem.

unmount /dev/device/xxxxxxxxx/cd_rom.

Man haven't typed that in a long time.AWB

133 posted on 02/03/2006 7:19:15 PM PST by Americanwolfsbrother (Don't hate on someone for using their mind.)
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