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Subject: Re: removable EIDE disks
To: woodey@twasystems.fsnet.co.uk (Joe Woodward)
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 12:29:49 +0000 (GMT)
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> 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?

I imagine your disks are not reporting themselves as 'removable' ? If they
correctly report removable then umount/mount would do the necessary I think.
It certainly does for magneto-optical

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