floppy behaviour

[ulrich steffens]

while i am *NO* expert,
i think this is the result of linux handling mounted discs.
as i understand it, if you happen to copy a file, that file didnt get
written instantly rather than linux decides when the final operation
occurs. so if you copy something to the floppy it dosent mean linux
finished that operation and therefore the device is still busy.

any experts are welcome to show me im wrong or right! :)

my solution to this is to use the 'mtools'(CLI) and 'mtoolsfm'(GUI)
packages which lets you read and write data to the floppy instantly.

hope this helps
-- 
- ulrich
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Am Donnerstag, den 07.04.2005, 23:13 +0930 schrieb squareyes:
> Hi all,
> am  able to mount floppy as user from terminal
> mount  /media/floppy , and umount  OK,
> but if I do the same from  Computer>Disks -  Floppy,
> it will mount and open contents OK, but will not
> unmount after I have closed the floppy folder. Says floppy is busy.
> Tried from terminal as user and as root to umount, same result  floppy 
> is busy.
> Looked at man umount, have tried the -f option with umount, same  floppy 
> is busy.
> Any ideas as to what I am doing wrong, am using Warty.
> Thanks in advance,
> Take Care
> Winton
> 
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