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On 29/08/2017 17:33, Stroller wrote: |
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>> On 29 Aug 2017, at 15:53, Ian Zimmerman <itz@××××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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>> I don't have a quick solution, but I would look at the state of /dev |
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>> (not only /dev/sdb* but also the various /dev/disk/by-* directories) |
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>> both before and after running parted. parted is my prime suspect for |
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>> messing things up here. |
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> Indeed. |
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> No sdb1 is mentioned, despite it apparently being recognised by the kernel when plugged in (from the last line of the `grep kernel /var/log/messages` output in my previous post). |
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> $ ls -l /dev/disk/* | grep sdb |
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> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Aug 29 14:51 usb-Generic-_Card_Reader_20060413092100000-0:0 -> ../../sdb |
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> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Aug 29 14:51 pci-0000:00:12.2-usb-0:1:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0 -> ../../sdb |
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> $ |
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> The same command, grepping sda, shows much longer output, with symlinks to all the partitions |
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> Is it udev that's responsible for populating the dev nodes? |
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> (is that the right terminology?) |
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> How do I force it to reconstruct the partition table? Surely one should expect to be able to format or partition a removable drive and have the dev nodes created without the necessity of rebooting? |
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run partprobe and see if that makes a difference. It forces the kernel |
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to re-organize it's idea of what partitions are available. |
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I would have thought SD Cards were treated like regular hotpluggable |
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devices like USB storage, but maybe not. I'd be interested to see the |
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results of running partprobe. |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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