Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 19:18:26 +0100 (MET) From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: pius@ienet.com Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, terryl@ienet.com Subject: Re: adding SCSI drive to a live system Message-ID: <199709301818.TAA00782@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <199709292142.OAA14361@iago.ienet.com> from "pius@ienet.com" at Sep 29, 97 02:42:42 pm
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As pius@ienet.com wrote... > > > Is it possible to add a SCSI drive to a running system? > > The system is running FreeBSD 2.1.7.1-stable (last cvsupped and made > world on May 9, 1997). > > Can one connect the drive to the SCSI bus and then probe all devices > on the bus again? The -p option to the scsi(8) command claims to be > able to do this, but the "super scsi" device mentioned in the man page > doesn't seem to exist. I tend to do things like: scsi -r -f /dev/rsd0c (where sd0 is my root disk, and therefore always present). Please note that you better use some scsi bus / hot swap enclosure if you want to do this. Wilko _ ____________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Bulte email: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl http://www.tcja.nl/~wilko |/|/ / / /( (_) Arnhem, The Netherlands - Do, or do not. There is no 'try' ----------------------------------------------------------------------Yoda
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