Force reload of hard disk content

[Snakybo 1]

Is there a way to 'force' a reload of a hard disk, after you modify the files externally? It's quite a pain to remove and reinsert the disk drive each time I want to test a small change.

[SpiritedDusty 3]

You could disabled buffered hard disks in the config.

[Snakybo 1]

Yeah, I've tried that a few months ago. It created some issues, although I don't remember what exactly.

 

Any way to do it without disabling the disk buffering?

[Sangar 92]

There were some reported issues in unbuffered mode, but those should be ironed out in the latest version.

Please give it a try and report any issues you have with that!

[Snakybo 1]

Awesome! I'll give it a try.

[MCGamer20000 0]

I don't know if you still need help, but what I've been doing is:

1. Turn off the computer.

2. Take out the hard drive.

3. Close then reopen the computer interface.

4. Put back in the hard drive.

5. Turn on the computer.

[Gopher 2]

I can confirm that at least since 1.2.3, the unbuffered config setting works exactly as advertised. The only case where updating files doesn't seem to have effect immediately is with libs, which are buffered not by the mod but by the package api. A reboot will reload all libs, or you can add this to the top of the program you're testing the lib with to force the api to reload each time:

--discard the loaded version
package.loaded["mylib"]=nil
--require will now search for and reload it
mylib=require("mylib")

:edit: note that if loading the API sets up event listeners, like several of the built-in OS libraries do, then you should just reboot, as you'll end up with multiple versions of the lib actively in memory and running, which can cause all manner of undesired side-effects.