help with cache

Andrew Clausen (clausen@alphalink.com.au)
Sat, 17 Jul 1999 07:37:39 -0400


Hi all,

I'm writing a Partition Magic clone, and I've got a spare hard drive to
test it with. When my program (GNU parted) nukes the partition, I run
mkfs on it. However, the old partition still appears to my program
until I reboot.

Is this a cache issue? How can I clear the cache? Are there any good
references on how the cache works?

Andrew Clausen

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