Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 07 Nov 2000 14:57:33 +0200 | From | Justin Schoeman <> | Subject | Re: removable EIDE disks |
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> Joe Woodward wrote: > > I am trying to use removable EIDE hard disks on a Red Hat Linux 6.1 > machine, for backup / walknet purposes. > > Issuing a BLKRRPART ioctl call immediately after changing the disk > works, but only if the new disk is no larger than the disk present at > boot time (smaller and equal capacity disks work OK). > > How do I get Linux to recognise that the media in /dev/hdc has > changed? > > Bill Nottingham suggested that I ask you, as he is unsure if this is a > bug or if there is a technique that I am missing. > > > Thanks > > Richard Stanton > > rich@twasystems.fsnet.co.uk >
Try using the HDIO_SCAN_HWIF ioctl instead. This is what I have been using, and it work(ed) just fine. (It seems to result in hard locks on the newer 2.2.x, where x>14, kernels though).
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