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Subject: conf/19413: Too few MCAM SCSI devices in /dev
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>Number:         19413
>Category:       conf
>Synopsis:       Too few MCAM SCSI devices in /dev
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Jun 21 09:50:00 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Naoyuki Tai
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
Standard installation creates four (4) MCAM devices in /dev. This is too few for some users.
(1) With no MCAM device node, apps report there is no H/W. Since this is SCSI, admins tend to think that there is something wrong with cabling.
(2) There is no obvious way to "fix" the problem. It took me a while to figure out why some apps are failing to see some SCSI devices.

>How-To-Repeat:
Install 4.0-RELEASE. Add a SCSI card. Add 4 SCSI drives on ID=0 - 3. Add Tape drive on ID=5. Add CD-Writer driveon ID=6. Use cdrecord. cdrecord can not find the CD-Writer drive.

>Fix:
run "cd /dev;sh ./MAKEDEV mcam4;sh ./MAKEDEV mcam5"

It would be really nice if sysinstall or start up rc scripts detect the number of scsi devices and create MCAM devices if missing in /dev


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