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Name

       diskd - disk daemon; wait for disk to be inserted

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Description

       The diskd command has the following syntax:

          diskd [-d drive] [-i interval] [-e command]

       Diskd  waits for a disk to be inserted into a given drive, and then either executes the command or exits.
       This program can be used to automatically mount a disk as soon as it is inserted.

Warning

       This program works by switching the motor on for a very short interval, and then  seeking  to  track  -1.
       This might damage hardware in the long run. Amigas, which also use these techniques, are known for having
       problems with their disk drives no longer spinning up properly after a few month of usage.

Options

       -d drive
              Selects the drive to observe for disk insertion. By default, drive 0 (/dev/fd0) is observed.

       -i interval
              Selects the polling interval. The interval is given in tenths  of  seconds.  Default  is  10  (one
              second).

       -e command
              Gives  the  command  to  be  executed  when a disk is inserted. If no command is given the program
              simply exits. Typically, the command mounts the disk. It can be a shell scripts which  probes  for
              several filesystems and disk geometries until it succeeds.

Bugs

       *      Automatic  unmounting  cannot  yet  be  handled. It is indeed not enough to scan for disk removal,
              because when the disk is removed, it is already too late: There  might  be  some  buffers  needing
              flushing.   However,  the  fdmountd  program  allows  automatic unmounting by using the SYNC mount
              options, which switches off write buffering (see section  fdmount).

       *      The drive motor is running all the time, and on some computers, the drive  led  flickers  at  each
              time the drive is polled.

See Also

       Fdutils' texinfo doc