From owner-freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 21 20:01:01 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67BDC106566B for ; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 20:01:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cyberleo@cyberleo.net) Received: from paka.cyberleo.net (paka.cyberleo.net [66.219.31.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40D9E8FC14 for ; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 20:01:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [172.16.44.4] (den.cyberleo.net [66.253.36.39]) by paka.cyberleo.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 099CA295FC; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:43:06 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <4D11034A.8030804@cyberleo.net> Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:43:06 -0600 From: CyberLeo Kitsana User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101218 Lightning/1.0b3pre Thunderbird/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.ORG, lev@serebryakov.spb.ru References: <201012211126.oBLBQOT9090842@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <201012211126.oBLBQOT9090842@lurza.secnetix.de> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Oliver Fromme Subject: Re: FreeBSD 8.2-PRERELASE doesn't see slice on SDHC card in ?cardreader ?-- what should I do? X-BeenThere: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GEOM-specific discussions and implementations List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 20:01:01 -0000 On 12/21/2010 05:26 AM, Oliver Fromme wrote: > Lev Serebryakov 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. -- Fuzzy love, -CyberLeo Technical Administrator CyberLeo.Net Webhosting http://www.CyberLeo.Net Furry Peace! - http://wwww.fur.com/peace/