Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Removable media bug | Date | Sat, 29 May 1999 10:20:49 MET DST | From | "Giuliano Pochini" <> |
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>I am not on this list - I just wanted to confirm the existence of the problem >(found it by searching the ML archive) > >Any kernel since 2.2.3 (which works as do builds previous to 2.2.3) at >least up to 2.2.9 (incl. 2.3.0) fails to invalidate at least e2fs buffers for >at least all Fujitsu MO drives (the vast majority of MOs).
Oohh! Finally someone confirmed this, so I'm not the most stupid in the list :-))
>This really sucks >and the only workaround seems to be to always insert (and mount/ umount) an >MSDOS formatted disk between two e2fs-formatted ones to force a flush in some >way.
You can also try to mount the device without inserting a disk (you'll get some errors, of course), then insert the disk, and when you mount it again, it will detect the diskchange event correctly.
Bye.
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