Re: Removable media bug

Simon Richter (geier@phobos.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de)
Thu, 29 Apr 1999 11:32:32 +0200 (CEST)


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 thing;
> 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.

Simon

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