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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Re: Having Konqueror/kDesktop displaying media volume label
From:       Michel Alexandre Salim <salimma1 () yahoo ! co ! uk>
Date:       2002-04-20 0:18:59
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On Wed, 2002-04-17 at 20:21, David Golden wrote:
> I think it also illustrates an underlying problem with the way Unix/Linux
> typically handles removeable media - there's no differentiation between
> "the disk currently in drive XXX" and "the disk with label/volume name YYY"
> 
> The amiga did this "right", with one logical name for "disks in drive XXX, 
> whatever they may be named", and another for "the disk labelled YYY, whatever
> drive it's in".   You could cd to either, and the system would prompt you for 
> appropriate action if the disk was not currently available.
> 
Guess it's a case of the KDE guys wanting to do it properly and treating
it as an underlying OS problem then.. and the OS guys thinking it's some
desktop-friendly cruft.

I read somewhere that Solaris actually automounts media using their
volume labels. Hmm... :)

Michel


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