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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