Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 16:07:45 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB Flash reader under RELENG_6: force GEOM rescan Message-ID: <20060209160623.E10921@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <20060209210748.L87003@woozle.rinet.ru> References: <200602091804.k19I41RN023914@lurza.secnetix.de> <20060209210748.L87003@woozle.rinet.ru>
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On Thu, 9 Feb 2006, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote: > OF> > > OF> > dd if=/dev/da0 of=/dev/da0 count=1 > OF> > > OF> > which results in error, but actually create GEOMs > OF> > OF> The following should work as well, without giving an error: > OF> > OF> dd if=/dev/null of=/dev/da0 count=0 > OF> > OF> It opens the device for writing (without actually writing > OF> anything) and immediately closes it again, which causes > OF> devfs to be "triggered". > > Aha, actually, it works. Thanks. How about 'fdisk da0'? :) I have a usb drive that takes a while to become ready after being inserted. It initially generates errors when attempting to access it. Yours may have a similar issue. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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