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Date:      Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:43:06 -0600
From:      CyberLeo Kitsana <cyberleo@cyberleo.net>
To:        freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.ORG, lev@serebryakov.spb.ru
Cc:        Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 8.2-PRERELASE doesn't see slice on SDHC card in	?cardreader ?-- what should I do?
Message-ID:  <4D11034A.8030804@cyberleo.net>
In-Reply-To: <201012211126.oBLBQOT9090842@lurza.secnetix.de>
References:  <201012211126.oBLBQOT9090842@lurza.secnetix.de>

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On 12/21/2010 05:26 AM, Oliver Fromme wrote:
> Lev Serebryakov <lev@serebryakov.spb.ru> wrote:
>  >   It  works!  But  it  is  not intiutive at all :)
> 
> The command opens the device for writing (but it doesn't
> actually write anything), and closes it immediately.
> This causes the GEOM system to read and "taste" the
> device and look for new slices or partitions.

I have wondered why there isn't a command or geom verb or something that
does this, if only to eliminate the hazard of typos. It seems a fairly
common operation.

-- 
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