From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Aug 2 16:33:05 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A79939B002B for ; Sun, 2 Aug 2015 16:33:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rodperson@rodperson.com) Received: from mail1.g16.pair.com (mail1.g16.pair.com [66.39.65.22]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 88963138C for ; Sun, 2 Aug 2015 16:33:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rodperson@rodperson.com) Received: from atomizer (c-71-60-227-57.hsd1.pa.comcast.net [71.60.227.57]) by mail1.g16.pair.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0FFF65C7F for ; Sun, 2 Aug 2015 12:32:58 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2015 12:32:56 -0400 From: Rod Person To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: re-scanning external SATA drive Message-ID: <20150802123256.159e2f04@atomizer> In-Reply-To: <21950.9140.526655.387404@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <21950.9140.526655.387404@jerusalem.litteratus.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.11.1 (GTK+ 2.24.27; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.1) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 02 Aug 2015 16:33:05 -0000 On Sun, 2 Aug 2015 10:05:40 -0400 wrote: > > (This is a "Sunday-morning-no-brain" question; didn't find > anything in a quick trip through the Handbook and I'm missing the > magic term(s) for successful Google-fu.) > > I have a workstation that has an external drive connected by > eSATA. > Trainee house-elves unplugged the drive's power cord, > causing it to no longer be seen even after power was restored. > Short of rebooting, is there a way to re-scan something and > cause the drive to become available? (I.e. show up under /dev/gpt) > > Respectfully, > > > Robert Huff Does camcontrol rescan help? -- Rod http://www.rodperson.com He who knows himself to be one way and pretends it is another way is a thief who robs his own soul. The Mahabharata Sakuntala 25