Running a fully updated openSUSE Tumbleweed KDE 64Bit Linux O.S. on a custom desktop.
Desktop has a 5 1/4" hot swap mobile hard drive rack.
(allows switching of 3.5" hard disk drive while computer is on.
The problem is when changing hard disk drives, the new HDD is not recognized by openSUSE until a reboot of O.S.?
Any ideas on how to fix the above, thanks!
Is the rack connected to a hot-swap-compatible controller? If you make a swap while running ‘dmesg -w’, what new output results from dmesg? Is it recognized if you follow up the swap with ‘partprobe’?
You might want to take a closer look at the hardware specs of your hot-swap rack.
In my experience, you don’t need to power down the disk automatic detection is performed entirely by hardware.
Is your disk a standalone or part of a RAID array and if so it could make a difference if software or hardware RAID?
If you’ve broken your array, the new disk might be detected but won’t be mounted until you rebuild the array or otherwise instruct what to do with your new disk.