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From: Ken Marsh <durang@u.washington.edu>
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Subject: Problems with floppy drive
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I have to use the -f switch whenever I umount a floppy or I get an error
to the effect of, "Device still busy"....

Is this normal? Is it potentially harmful to use the -f switch, when the
drive light is clearly off? can I use "sync" or something to do it right?

Ken Marsh