SATA card-reader unusable after eject? (was: Nashua LUG and linux question)

[Joshua Judson Rosen]

Mac <ussndmac at charter.net> writes:
>
> I bought a sata card reader. and installed it
> on my Debian machine. It works fine when I boot up. But if I choose
> eject or safely remove, it appears to have no power after that.
>
> Is it possible to get it back without reboot?

Does the block device in /dev/sdwhatever still exist?
If so, does running "eject -t" on it make it work again?

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