FreeBSD 8.2-PRERELASE doesn't see slice on SDHC card in ?cardreader ?-- what should I do?

CyberLeo Kitsana cyberleo at cyberleo.net
Tue Dec 21 20:01:01 UTC 2010


On 12/21/2010 05:26 AM, Oliver Fromme wrote:
> Lev Serebryakov <lev at 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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