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From: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Dieter_St=FCken?= <stueken@conterra.de>
Subject: register/unregister SATA drive
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 17:20:24 +0200
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is it possible to unregister a single SATA port and to detach the disk?
how do I inform the kernel to rescan for a newly attached drive on that
port?

Dieter.