Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 09:59:05 -0800 (PST) From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@estienne.CS.Berkeley.EDU> To: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) Cc: dufault@hda.com, uphya001@odie.physik2.uni-rostock.de, INT16@odie.physik2.uni-rostock.de, i@odie.physik2.uni-rostock.de, j:@odie.physik2.uni-rostock.de, freebsd-questions@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: Danamically attach an SCSI device? Message-ID: <199501211759.JAA29221@estienne.cs.berkeley.edu> In-Reply-To: <9501201623.AA12195@cs.weber.edu> from "Terry Lambert" at Jan 20, 95 09:23:27 am
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> > > > Is it possible to attach/deattach a SCSI device (e.g. a tape/dat > > > drive) dynamically, i.e. without rebooting, to FreeBSD? If yes, how? > > > > Yes: > > > > With 2.0-current, 2.0R and 1.1.5 you use the "scsi" program and reprobe. > > "scsi" is missing on 2.0-current and 2.0R; I no longer have 1.1.5 so > > you'll have to dig it up. > > Sheesh. Blink for a minute... > > Please ignore my previous posting (I still worry that Adaptec might not > see devices not powered on at reset/boot time without another reset, > though). The aic7xxx based controllers should as long as someone sends a command to the "missing" device on the bus. I would thing that it also works with the 154x series since that is what Peter has. > > > Terry Lambert > terry@cs.weber.edu > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. > -- Justin T. Gibbs ============================================== TCS Instructional Group - Programmer/Analyst 1 Cory | Po | Danube | Volga | Parker | Torus ==============================================
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