-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 guran wrote: > Hi > > When I use dd to copy a hd.img to a floppy it writes > 2880 records in > 2880 records out > befor it starts to write to disk. To me this indicates that the volume is > controlled against the forked process not against the written record on disk. > Thus earlier the written message was written after the writing to disk.
AFAIK, this depens on the mount options if you use supermount (IIRC sync/nosync). The only thing I use floppy disks for now is making Mandrake boot floppies, so I don't have an fstab entry for my floppy at all, so I never see this. Can you post your fstab entry for your floppy? Anyway, you can just type 'sync', and it should flush everything to the floppy. If you mounted manually (ie not using supermount), then this will occur on umount anyway. Regards, Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x202 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/TKUHrJK6UGDSBKcRAuiOAJwOhmbeEQGN9p8CVjKm/rIiffLx0ACdH4v8 fPXD5wFdsydsTdbsqvMdlQw= =1gib -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ***************************************************************** Please click on http://www.cae.co.za/disclaimer.htm to read our e-mail disclaimer or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. *****************************************************************
