Dialog Flux Clean

Clean Drive

The Clean Drive dialog runs the Greaseweazle clean command to perform a low-level cleaning operation on the selected floppy drive.

This operation is intended to help clean the drive heads and stabilize read/write behavior.

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How to Open

• Menu: Flux → Greaseweazle → Clean Drive

This dialog is available only when Greaseweazle support is configured.

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Overview

The Clean Drive dialog executes a controlled cleaning cycle using the connected Greaseweazle device.

The operation does not read or write disk images. It interacts directly with the physical drive.

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Drive Selection

• Drive
  Selects the drive to clean.
  The list reflects the configured Greaseweazle interface and available drives.

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Cleaning Parameters

These settings control how the cleaning operation is performed.

• Cylinders
  Specifies the number of cylinders over which the cleaning operation is performed.

• Passes
  Specifies how many cleaning passes are executed.

• Linger
  Specifies how long the drive remains positioned at each cylinder during cleaning.

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Clean

• Clean
  Starts the cleaning operation using the selected parameters.

During execution, progress and command output are displayed in the console output area.

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Console Output

The console output area displays real-time output from the Greaseweazle clean command.

This output is read-only and reflects the exact command execution results.

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Additional Controls

• Device Reset
  Runs the Greaseweazle reset command to reset the device.

• Save Log
  Saves the console output to a log file.
  This option is enabled only when output is available.

• Close
  Closes the dialog.

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Notes

• This operation interacts directly with hardware.
• No disk image data is modified.
• Cleaning behavior depends on the connected drive and hardware configuration.