Find a way to auto-mount (instead of asking user to disconnect/reconnect)

[JElchison]

sudo mount -a doesn't work

[IvanAnishchuk]

Some tool like partprobe that can work without an actual partition table?..

[marcinfalkiewicz]

You could try kpartx (from multipath-tools).

[JElchison]

Sadly, partprobe falls short, in that it only causes the kernel to re-inspect the partition table. It does not, however, go a step further and tell the OS to reattempt auto-mounting. This may be a pipe dream, especially in a POSIX-compliant fashion.

I don't mind using separate tools for Linux vs. OS X, but I have yet to find a tool that accomplishes what I'm looking for one on OS, let alone two.

@dwe11er: If i understand kpartx correctly, it's a manual mounting tool. Doesn't refresh the kernel's view of the partition table, also doesn't tell the OS to auto-mount again.

[biblicabeebli]

diskutil mount diskX works fine on Mac OS...