From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 11 18:25:24 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 567D937B401 for ; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 18:25:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5C7943F75 for ; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 18:25:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A17D072FD1; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 18:25:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E8A872FCC; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 18:25:23 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 18:25:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Stefan Walter In-Reply-To: <20030411071226.GA910@kyuzo.dunkelkammer.void> Message-ID: <20030411182508.K99993@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <20030410162522.GA917@kyuzo.dunkelkammer.void> <20030411071226.GA910@kyuzo.dunkelkammer.void> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: devfs and slices on Iomega ZIP media X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 01:25:24 -0000 On Fri, 11 Apr 2003, Stefan Walter wrote: > Doug White, 11.04.03, 02:09h CEST: > > > > is there a way to make devfs rescan the partition table of a device? > > > Currently (i.e. 5.0-RELEASE with me), I cannot access ZIP disks if there > > > wasn't any medium in the ZIP drive at boot time, as devfs doesn't create > > > the device files for the slices (which is understandable, as there > > > weren't any slice then). "camcontrol rescan" (it's a SCSI device) > > > apparently just scans for devices and doesn't help with creating the > > > slices' device files. > > > > don't they just auto-clone themselves? > > How? The device files are and remain missing, no matter what I do. > In my case, /dev/da1s4 (for DOS/Windows formatted media) is missing if > there wasn't any ZIP disk in the drive at boot time: Even if you, say, try to mount it? Even when the file is missing? -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org