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Date:      Sun, 2 Aug 2015 12:32:56 -0400
From:      Rod Person <rodperson@rodperson.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: re-scanning external SATA drive
Message-ID:  <20150802123256.159e2f04@atomizer>
In-Reply-To: <21950.9140.526655.387404@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
References:  <21950.9140.526655.387404@jerusalem.litteratus.org>

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On Sun, 2 Aug 2015 10:05:40 -0400
 wrote:

> 
> 	(This is a "Sunday-morning-no-brain" question; didn't find
> anything in a quick trip through the Handbook and I'm missing the
> magic term(s) for successful Google-fu.)
> 
> 	I have a workstation that has an external drive connected by
> eSATA.
> 	Trainee house-elves unplugged the drive's power cord,
> causing it to no longer be seen even after power was restored.
> 	Short of rebooting, is there a way to re-scan something and
> cause the drive to become available?  (I.e. show up under /dev/gpt)
> 
> 	Respectfully,
> 
> 
> 			Robert Huff


Does camcontrol rescan help?



-- 
Rod

http://www.rodperson.com

He who knows himself to be one way and pretends it is another way is a
thief who robs his own soul.

  The Mahabharata
     Sakuntala 25



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