How about Hot UNpluggable Disks?

[Jerry Krinock]

Hot pluggable USB and Firewire disks are great.  But if I ever forget to
"eject" such a disk, even if no data is being transferred at the time,

(1) I get an "Device Removal" alert box.

(2) Often, the next time I go to mount this disk, even a day later, it will
not show up in the Finder, and/or Path Finder, and/or /Volumes.  The only
way to get it back seems to be to restart.

Issue (1) is a minor annoyance, but issue (2) is a real pain.

Have others experienced the same?  Can anyone explain to me why this is a
feature and not a bug?  Does anyone know if Apple is addressing this issue?

Jerry Krinock
San Jose, CA  USA