Questions about floppy files in Linux...

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Subject: Questions about floppy files in Linux...
Author:  "Kevin M. Gleason" <kgleason at ma.ultranet.com> at InterNet
Date:    10/5/99 5:01 AM


1. Why is it that when I mount a floppy on /mnt/floppy that I list files 
ls -a and get the last files stored even though that disk is no longer 
inside the machine? Is Linux caching directories? Is there a way to 
clear this?
     
2. what is the specific procedure for mounting an msdos (with long 
filenames) floppy? (Actually, I copied an RPM file downloaded on another 
windows9x  machine and want to read it.)
     
Thanks in advance for your help!
     
Kevin
     
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     This doesn't happen to me.  Once I umount the disk, the directory is 
     blank.
     
     You aren't just removing the disk without running umount, are you?  
     That would be bad.
     
     Peter
     
     
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