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Originally Posted by guitarscn
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# newfs sd1a
Device busy
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Is the drive still mounted? If
sd1a is still in the output of
df(1) before issuing the
newfs(8) command, this would explain the
"device busy" message.
newfs(8) will neither work, nor should it, on drives which are already mounted.
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When I unplug it and re-plug it back into the USB port, it no longer sees the drive.
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Again, is the drive still
mounted? Check the output of
df(1).
Although USB devices can be attached & reattached at will, storage devices still have to be manually mounted/unmounted
unless you have set up
amd(8). Given the direction of discussion, I tend to doubt you have this in place.