Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 1 Aug 2004 14:19:31 +0200 | From | Giuliano Pochini <> | Subject | SCSI removable devices problem |
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It seems that 2.6.7 reads the partition table only once: when the scsi unit is added to the list during boot or when I send the "add-single-device" command. This is a problem with removable devices because if the drive hasn't a disk inserted at boot time, attempting to mount a partitioned disk always results in:
mount: /dev/sdb1 is not a valid block device
Also, bad things may happen (not tested) if a disk was in during boot and I replace it with another one with a different partitioning.
As a workaround I have to send the "remove-single-device" command after having unmounted a volume and "add-single-device" after I have inserted a new one. I don't know when this problem was introduced, sorry.
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