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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Seeking advice on new system purchase
Date: 2 Jan 1997 12:44:46 GMT
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jaitken@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Jeff Aitken) wrote:

>   Can't the scsi(8)
> command be used to reprobe the bus when a device has been added or
> removed?

It can, but only to add new devices.  The kernel structures by now
don't allow for a removal of old devices.

A note of warning, however: `scsi -r' used to be broken for a long
time, depending on the SCSI controller you're using.  So watch out for
bogons.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)