On Tuesday 13 January 2004 19:19, Andrew Perrin wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, Richard Lyons wrote: > > On Tuesday 13 January 2004 06:10, Tim Timmerman wrote: > > > >>>>> "Richard" == Richard Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > Worse.. don't know. What happens is that when you unplug a usb > > > storage device and plug in a different one, it gets assigned a > > > different drive letter. What used to be /dev/sda is now > > > /dev/sdb. The reboot resets the counter. > > Try using eject /dev/sda to reset the counter. No need to reboot. > > Andy Perrin
Thanks Andy. Far and away the simplest method anyone has suggested. (Churlish of me to complain after such a useful tip, but when replying to list it's better to 'reply to list' not to 'reply to all'. I get two copies the way you do it.) -- richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]