How to remount a USB drive
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From: Peter Ceresole on 21 Jan 2010 13:28 How do I remount a USB drive after I've ejected it by mistake? This is usually a 4GB thumb drive which I use to take files from my iG5, OS10.4.11, to other Macs that aren't on my LAN. From time to time I think I've finished putting the files onto it, and eject it, only to find that there's more to put on there. Not a huge problem, it's on a 4-way hub and the simplest solution (since forever) is to physically remove the thumb drive and then reinsert it, which simply restarts the USB connection. But it there any way of doing this without removing the thumb drive at all, from the keyboard? -- Peter
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 21 Jan 2010 13:58 On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:28:27 +0000, peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote: >How do I remount a USB drive after I've ejected it by mistake? > >This is usually a 4GB thumb drive which I use to take files from my iG5, >OS10.4.11, to other Macs that aren't on my LAN. From time to time I >think I've finished putting the files onto it, and eject it, only to >find that there's more to put on there. > >Not a huge problem, it's on a 4-way hub and the simplest solution (since >forever) is to physically remove the thumb drive and then reinsert it, >which simply restarts the USB connection. > >But it there any way of doing this without removing the thumb drive at >all, from the keyboard? Can Disk Utility still see it (then you can choose it and press mount), or does it unmount far enough that it vanishes from there too? Cheers - Jaimie -- >So, what do *you* do for a living? I sit in a chair pressing small plastic rectangles with my fingers while peering at many tiny, colored dots. -- Peter Manders
From: Sara Merriman on 21 Jan 2010 14:02 In article <1jcoll1.71bz5hcyb4xkN%peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk>, peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote: > How do I remount a USB drive after I've ejected it by mistake? > > This is usually a 4GB thumb drive which I use to take files from my iG5, > OS10.4.11, to other Macs that aren't on my LAN. From time to time I > think I've finished putting the files onto it, and eject it, only to > find that there's more to put on there. > > Not a huge problem, it's on a 4-way hub and the simplest solution (since > forever) is to physically remove the thumb drive and then reinsert it, > which simply restarts the USB connection. > > But it there any way of doing this without removing the thumb drive at > all, from the keyboard? Does it show as an unmounted item in Disk Utility? If so, you can tell it to remount from there. That works with USB disks, so hopefully it will for sticks too. -- Sara Cuddler of rats, cats and husband
From: Peter Ceresole on 21 Jan 2010 14:23 Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > Can Disk Utility still see it (then you can choose it and press > mount), or does it unmount far enough that it vanishes from there too? Thanks Jaimie and Sara. It disappears from Disk Utility, so I guess it's remove/replace still... After all these years. -- Peter
From: Sara Merriman on 21 Jan 2010 15:15
In article <1jcoogw.14u59pi2x5yerN%peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk>, peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote: > Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > > > Can Disk Utility still see it (then you can choose it and press > > mount), or does it unmount far enough that it vanishes from there too? > > Thanks Jaimie and Sara. > > It disappears from Disk Utility, so I guess it's remove/replace still... > After all these years. poot :( -- Sara Cuddler of rats, cats and husband |