Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Removable media bug | Date | Thu, 29 Apr 1999 07:34:15 -0400 | From | "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <> |
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In message <Pine.LNX.3.96.990429112851.6608A-100000@phobos.fachschaften.tu-muen chen.de>, Simon Richter writes: +----- | On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote: | | >> Aargh! This is the content of the previous disk !!!! | | > Is this really a kernel bug? I have a floppy drive that does the same thin | g; | > it doesn't always notify the kernel that the media changed. I can force it | > with your workaround *or* by being very careful when inserting the new | > floppy. | | This is a kernel bug IMHO, any block device should invalidate the buffers | when it is closed and reread everything when reopened. +--->8
I misremembered and misdescribed it. It wasn't just a media change line problem: the system *would* read the floppy... which failed, but returned success. So you got whatever was in the buffer previously. It made for some odd behavior.
-- brandon s. allbery [os/2][linux][solaris][japh] allbery@kf8nh.apk.net system administrator [WAY too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu carnegie mellon / electrical and computer engineering KF8NH We are Linux. Resistance is an indication that you missed the point.
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