You could try unmounting it (as root): umount /media/usb-blah-blah-blah I think hotplug would then redetect it when you plug it back in. You definitely shouldn't have to reboot. Jon -- Jonathan Brooks (Ph.D.) Dept of Human Anatomy & Genetics & FMRIB Centre, University of Oxford tel/fax: 01865-282675 http://www.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/~jon -----Original Message----- From: eddie [mailto:eddie.howson@dsl.pipex.com] Sent: 01 October 2004 08:34 To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: [SLE] re-detecting USB flash drive After removing my flash drive, if I reinsert it my system fails to find it. Is there a way of getting my system to rescan the USB ports, without doing a reboot? TIA Eddie -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com