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Date:      Sun, 24 Mar 1996 00:19:41 +0100 (MET)
From:      J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To:        freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org
Cc:        khetan@chain.iafrica.com (Khetan Gajjar)
Subject:   Re: SCSI refresh
Message-ID:  <199603232319.AAA26231@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960323235209.481F-100000@chain.iafrica.com> from "Khetan Gajjar" at Mar 23, 96 11:53:00 pm

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As Khetan Gajjar wrote:

> How do I refresh the SCSI bus ?
> 
> I need to know because I boot my machine often without the CD-ROM/DAT 
> drive on, and want to use it afterwards, and don't feel like re-booting 
> the machine with the device on.
> 
> I read the man pages for SCSI, but don't know the /dev name :(

scsi -f /dev/rsd0.ctl -r
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^_____ This must be a device that has been
                           successfully probed at boot time.  Otherwise,
                           you've got a chicken-and-egg problem.

Alas, it doesn't work on all controllers.  Some of them consistently
hang the entire system. :-(

-- 
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. ;-)



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