Hi, Yes, that is normal and the way it is supposed to work. If you don't unmount the disk you also run the risk of losing data. This is because when you copy a file to/from a disk it may not be done right away, instead it will wait a little while until the cpu has some spare time or the buffer is full. Why? It is more efficient to wait since you or your program/script may decide to write more to that media and thus linux can write all the data at the same time. Also by keeping a buffer, the data it can be accessed alot quicker (ram vs. disk, no contest). Sorry for rambling, Tim
-----Original Message----- From: reg hughson [SMTP:rhughson@home.com] Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 9:01 AM
Quick question...
I mount a floppy, do what I have to do, eject that floppy and insert a different floppy, but the file manager insists it is still looking at the first floppy. I have to unmount and then re-mount with the new floppy in. Is this normal? If it is, does this mean that the mount command actually mounts the media as opposed to mounting the drive? My zip drive works the same way.
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