It seem that there is some sort of cache for the floppy device that is
preventing the ability to load an application from multiple diskettes.
The system is running RH5.0 2.0.32 w/most updates applied. RH4.2
2.0.29 does_not_ have the problem.
The symptom:
I have two 1.44 in cpio format.
DISK1 contains: file1 file2 file3
DISK2 contains: file4 file5 file6
when I use 'cpio -icvBmud </dev/fd0' w/DISK1 in the drive the content of
DISK1 is extracted. If I put DISK2 in the drive and issue the same
command the content of DISK1 is extracted. If I take DISK2 out and
issue the command w/NO disk in the drive the content of DISK1 is
extracted. If I put DISK2 back in and use device /dev/fd0H1440 (cpio
-icvBmud </dev/fd0H1440) the content of DISK2 is extracted. The only
way I was able to read the content of the current diskette and not the
content of previous diskette was to constently alternate between the
devices.
Is there something such as a kernel parameter that will disable the
floppy cache?
TIA
Kevin
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