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FDFLUSH
!!!FDFLUSH
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
BUGS
FILES
AUTHOR
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!!NAME


fdflush - force floppy disk drive to detect disk change
!!SYNOPSIS


__fdflush__ [[device]
!!DESCRIPTION


__Fdflush__ is a band-aid for a common PC hardware
problem. Many PC floppy disk drives can't detect when the
disk has been changed. The symptom of this problem is that
when a disk is changed, the drive will continue to read
buffered data from the previous disk rather than new data
from the disk presently in the drive. Running ''fdflush''
makes the system believe the disk-change switch has been
actuated, and the system discards the buffered blocks in
response to this information. If you have one of these
slightly-broken disk drives, you'll have to run
''fdflush'' every time you change a disk.
!!OPTIONS


''device''


The name of the floppy disk device, in the form ''/dev/fd1
.'' The default is ''/dev/fd0 .''
!!BUGS


They're in your hardware. Try swapping in another floppy
drive to see if this problem goes away.
!!FILES


/dev/fd''N'' floppy disk device.
!!AUTHOR


Bruce Perens ''Bruce@Pixar.com .''
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