SD Card Will Only Mount Once Per Boot

[Michael Satterwhite]

On 02/09/2011 08:33 PM, Joseph Loo wrote:
> On 02/09/2011 03:01 PM, Michael Satterwhite wrote:
>> After Boot, I insert an SD Card into the reader. Shortly afterward, I
>> see it mounted as a 1 GB Filesystem on my desktop. It is completely
>> usable at that time.
>>
>> I right click it and select Safely Remove. I then remove the card from
>> the reader.
>>
>> A bit later, I reinsert the card (or another one). Nothing happens, the
>> card does not get mounted anywhere.
>>
>> The card will not mount again until I boot the system. There might be
>> something else that would restore it, but I have no idea what that would
>> be. After I reboot, the above sequence can be repeated ... ONCE. After
>> it is removed, it is unusable until the machine is rebooted.
>>
>> There HAS to be something else that would work. I'd be happy with a
>> manual way to mount / unmount it - ANYTHING is better than this. I've
>> tried googling for these symptoms without help.
>>
>> Can anyone help?
>> ---Michael
>>
>>
> Did you do an umount or an eject. I have found if you do an eject it can
> be mounted and unmounted without any prolem.
>
I clicked "Safely Remove" - which I think is an unmount. I'll try the 
eject. It's a bit slow as I have to reboot in between tests.