Re: How do I get /dev/sdb1 back without rebooting?



You're running udev, right? When this thing disappears, what's in dmesg
that's related to the device? Are you sure it isn't appearing as
/dev/sdc1 or /dev/sda1?

I am running udevd

/dev/sda1,2,3 are my Raid controller and my "/", swap, and "/export"
partitions.
They always mount as sdax.

My removable SATA drive, used for backup, is EXT3 and always mounts
as
/dev/sdb1.

As it transpires, the bad drive was not formated (I must have been
really tired).
It showed up in dev as /dev/sdb, with no numbers. Now it is formatted
and
mkfs.ext3'ed.

udevd finds USB drives but not SATA drives. I have to reboot for
that.
I am always sticking USB stick into the thing, I know udevd is
working.

Which brings up a question: if the operator leaved the removable
drive out of
the carriage, then reboots, the removable drive will not show up until
the next
reboot. Is the a way to rescan my SATA drives and get me back my /dev/
sdb1
without rebooting?

Many thanks,
-T
.



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