From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 3 13:44:24 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA21684 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 3 Oct 1996 13:44:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from vis-av.com (vis-av.com [206.119.44.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA21670 for ; Thu, 3 Oct 1996 13:44:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from derrell@localhost) by vis-av.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id QAA04719; Thu, 3 Oct 1996 16:44:09 -0400 Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 16:44:09 -0400 From: Derrell Lipman Message-Id: <199610032044.QAA04719@vis-av.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: probe() other than at boot time In-Reply-To: <13451.844298677@time.cdrom.com> References: <199610021719.NAA00871@vis-av.com> <13451.844298677@time.cdrom.com> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jordan K. Hubbard writes: > > Is there a way to force a probe while the system is running (i.e. at a > > time other than boot time)? > > scsi -f /dev/sd0 -r Thanks for the suggestion, but unfortunately, it didn't work. I assume that you meant /dev/rst0 since I was talking about the streaming tape. I get a "Device not configured" message, just like when I try to tar or dd to it if the tape drive wasn't on when I booted. That's the problem that I'm trying to solve. After thinking about /dev/sd0, I decided that it _shouldn't_ do any harm to try the above command on that device. Bad decision. It crashed the machine. :-( Have you any other suggestions for me? Wonderingly... Derrell -- Derrell Lipman (derrell@vis-av.com) Grumman Tiger, N28860 - Civil Air Patrol: MAWG Group 1 HQ, Operations / Cadet Programs Cadet Programs Officer, Mountain Mission Pilot, Air Ops Director, Ground Team Leader, Ground Ops Director, Mission Coordinator Trainee, Communications Unit Director, Patriot 103