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From: Keith Matthews <keith_m@sweeney.demon.co.uk>
Subject: [OT] -error messages was Re[2]: XFS problems
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On 18 Jul 2001 11:25:48 -0500 Eric Sandeen <Eric Sandeen <sandeen@sgi.com>> wrote:


> > > mount: wrong fs type, bad option , bad superblock on /dev/hde7,
> > > or too many mounted filesystems

> Hm, wish this error was less Windows-like*.  :)

> *(Random list of things that may or may not have gone wrong)

Many years ago now I came across an Algol 60 compiler that produced
the message 

'The compiler has been confused by a previous error'

I wish all comiler/OS developers could be so honest.

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