Bug#429468: O: fdflush -- Flush out-of-date disk buffers
Package: wnpp
Severity: normal
The current maintainer of fdflush, Matthias Urlichs <smurf@debian.org>,
has orphaned this package.
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Some information about this package:
Package: fdflush
Binary: fdflush
Version: 1.0.1.1
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Maintainer: Matthias Urlichs <smurf@debian.org>
Architecture: any
Standards-Version: 3.6.1
Format: 1.0
Directory: pool/main/f/fdflush
Files:
f1e909584848f0088255aef5304f4959 459 fdflush_1.0.1.1.dsc
b3821899f5c5bfa99e627f6d0ba320e8 4670 fdflush_1.0.1.1.tar.gz
Package: fdflush
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 52
Maintainer: Matthias Urlichs <smurf@debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Version: 1.0.1.1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4)
Filename: pool/main/f/fdflush/fdflush_1.0.1.1_i386.deb
Size: 6328
MD5sum: 2c80f45a76115847ea584f72b0917438
SHA1: bb756f4e0f759d357db4413a5b7660aa73277e83
SHA256: 7945703630756ca9f3e208431c8d634642afb325df9ce94f6903feb63928ff55
Description: Flush out-of-date disk buffers
fdflush is a band-aid for floppy (or other) drives with bad disk-change
sensing. fdflush makes the system believe the disk-change switch has been
triggered forcing the system to discard the buffered data.
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If you have one of these slightly-broken disk drives, you'll have to run
fdflush every time you change a disk.
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fdflush is useful for computers which might be sleeping when you change
floppies or other removeable media.
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The command "floppycontrol -f" does the same thing, but the
fdutils package is significantly larger; it only uses the
floppy-specific flush ioctl.
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The command "blockdev --flushbufs" only uses the generic flush ioctl.
Tag: admin::hardware, hardware::storage:floppy, interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility, use::synchronizing
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Mohammed Adnène Trojette
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