Re: Crash when USB modem unplugged

From: Daniel O'Connor <doconnor_at_gsoft.com.au>
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 14:31:07 +0930
On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 08:28, Jake Scott wrote:
> I can consistently crash my 5.2.1-RELEASE system by unplugging the USB
> ADSL modem when the system is up.  Is this something that one "just
> shouldn't do" - or should the OS cope with it?

This isn't very suprising.. I would put it in the "don't do that" basket.

Hopefully things will get more robust as time goes on.

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