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From: Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us>
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To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Journey2.mat.net>
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Subject: Re: floppy disks
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Chuck Robey wrote:
(snip!)
> floppy into the drive, do a DIR.  I take that floppy out, put another one
> in, then do another DIR.  I get the listing from the first disk.  The
> only way to get it to update is to remove the floppy completely, do the
> DIR, let it time out, and then reinsert the floppy (the new DIR gives
> results for the new floppy inserted).  Somehow, changing floppies isn't
> detected.
> 
Well, this is really a FreeBSD list, but...assuming you're having
similar
problems with "mdir", (a standard "mount" shouldn't have this
problem)...

Pin 33 of the 34 pin cable on a floppy drive is "disk change". A good
place to start looking. As I recall, some drives have a jumper to use
this pin for other purposes.

(Also, control-c should reset it on DOS without all the grief).8)

regards,
Jim Durham