Hi CHARLES! :-)

 CA> I seem to recall this was in reference to shared devices when
 CA> one user is allowed to interfere with what another is trying to
 CA> do? 
That could be a problem if burning doesn't lock the writer's door. For
mounted stuff, it depends on the contents of /etc/fstab whether somebody
else besides root is allowed to umount something that somebody else has
mounted.

 CA> At least you get 6.4 x's the storage capacity. :-) 
I wasn't really complaining. ;)

 CA> It will add costs but losing data is unacceptable (for me). 
Same here. I'm not letting go of my MO drive for that reason (although it's
only useful for backups since nobody else around here has a drive), and if
it ever breaks, I will get a new one. Probably one of those newer 1.3G
3.5" drives - but so far, my old drive works without problems.

Ciao
Pascal

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