From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 20 10: 3:45 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00AF337B401 for ; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 10:03:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp02.mrf.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.mrf.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.61]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87A5143E88 for ; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 10:03:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rjhalljr@starpower.net) Received: from [208.58.200.156] (helo=sten.alder.net) by smtp02.mrf.mail.rcn.net with smtp (Exim 3.35 #4) id 18EZCQ-0002ng-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 13:03:42 -0500 Received: by sten.alder.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 20 Nov 2002 13:03:14 -0500 Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 13:03:14 -0500 From: "Bob Hall" To: FreeBSD Questions List Subject: connecting to SCSI drive Message-ID: <20021120180314.GA564@sten.alder.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I use a DVD burner for backups, and I usually forget to turn it on when I boot my FBSD box. Turning it on and rebooting isn't a big deal, but is there a way to get FBSD to see the drive without rebooting? Is there a process that can be reset or a command that tells FBSD that the drive exists? FreeBSD 4.4, external DVD-RAM drive. Bob Hall To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message