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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!ns.saard.net!news.adelaide.on.net!news.ade.connect.com.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!garlic.com!news.scruz.net!kithrup.com!news.Stanford.EDU!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!news.cais.net!peer.news.xara.net!xara.net!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!prds-grn.demon.co.uk!prds-grn!t.d.g.sandford From: t.d.g.sandford@prds-grn.demon.co.uk (Thomas D.G. Sandford) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: SCSI bus rescan Date: 4 Jun 1996 23:43:27 GMT Organization: Paradise Green Technical Services Lines: 31 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4p2hmv$8n@prds-grn.demon.co.uk> References: <1996Jun2.130821.1@ugun2a> <4osj4e$2ho@malibu.ts.rz.tu-bs.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: prds-grn.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Martin Butkus (mb@malibu.ts.rz.tu-bs.de) wrote: : F. Marcos (marcos@uni2a.unige.ch) wrote: : : Is it possible to rescan the SCSI bus after bootup to check for new devices ? : Yes, see scsi(8). I couldn't get this to work under 2.1.0-RELEASE - results as seen below: Script started on Wed Jun 5 00:33:15 1996 prds-grn# cat /dev/rst0 cat: /dev/rst0: Device not configured (FX: click as I switch tape drive on) prds-grn# scsi -f /dev/rsd0c -p 0: SCIOCADDR: Inappropriate ioctl for device 1: SCIOCADDR: Inappropriate ioctl for device 2: SCIOCADDR: Inappropriate ioctl for device 3: SCIOCADDR: Inappropriate ioctl for device 4: SCIOCADDR: Inappropriate ioctl for device 5: SCIOCADDR: Inappropriate ioctl for device 6: SCIOCADDR: Inappropriate ioctl for device 7: SCIOCADDR: Inappropriate ioctl for device prds-grn# cat /dev/rst0 cat: /dev/rst0: Device not configured prds-grn# exit Script done on Wed Jun 5 00:34:02 1996 Am I doing something stupid, or is it broken? -- Thomas Sandford | t.d.g.sandford@prds-grn.demon.co.uk Paradise Green Technical Services: S'ware/Hw design and Theatre Tech. Services