On Thu, 9 Feb 2006, Doug White wrote: DW> > OF> > dd if=/dev/da0 of=/dev/da0 count=1 DW> > OF> > DW> > OF> > which results in error, but actually create GEOMs DW> > OF> DW> > OF> The following should work as well, without giving an error: DW> > OF> DW> > OF> dd if=/dev/null of=/dev/da0 count=0 DW> > OF> DW> > OF> It opens the device for writing (without actually writing DW> > OF> anything) and immediately closes it again, which causes DW> > OF> devfs to be "triggered". DW> > DW> > Aha, actually, it works. Thanks. DW> DW> How about 'fdisk da0'? :)
That was the first I checked. Nope. Trying to update MBR on the flash works, but then dd is a bit simpler. DW> I have a usb drive that takes a while to become ready after being DW> inserted. It initially generates errors when attempting to access it. DW> Yours may have a similar issue. No, that's not my case. In my case there is no USB event when flash is inserted/ejected (reader is internal). Sincerely, D.Marck [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Dmitry Morozovsky --- D.Marck --- Wild Woozle --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
