Stan Hoeppner writes: > #!/bin/bash > count=0 > while [ $count -le 100 ]; do > dd if=/dev/fd0 of=/dev/null count=1 skip=1 > dd if=/dev/fd0 of=/dev/null count=1 skip=2940 > let count=count+1 > done Thanks! That appears to be doing the job. Time will tell if it frees it up. Martin