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From: chris@pixutl.UUCP (chris)
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Subject: Re: Tape drive out to lunch
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Date: Wed, 16-Oct-85 13:22:30 EDT
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> I prefer kernels fixed so that "mt" says:
>
>	/dev/rmt12: Mount device busy

The precision of u.u_error is pretty poor. It should have 'Device busy',
'Write protect' and many more to accomodate drivers and to eliminate
the 'uprintf("No write ring\n");' and other kludges found in some kernels.

Chris
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