From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Dec 24 09:48:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA27984 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 24 Dec 1998 09:48:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from m4.stox.sa.enteract.com (stox.sa.enteract.com [207.229.132.161]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA27978 for ; Thu, 24 Dec 1998 09:48:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ken@stox.sa.enteract.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.stox.sa.enteract.com [127.0.0.1]) by m4.stox.sa.enteract.com (8.9.1/8.6.12) with ESMTP id LAA00631; Thu, 24 Dec 1998 11:48:22 -0600 (CST) Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 11:48:21 -0600 (CST) From: "Kenneth P. Stox" Reply-To: stox@enteract.com To: Mason Loring Bliss cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI question... In-Reply-To: <19981224102230.T365@acheron.middleboro.ma.us> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 1) Our box is a multi-LUN SCSI device. Are multiple LUNs supported in FreeBSD > by default? (A complication is that I don't know what version of FreeBSD our > client runs. I've been told -current, but I doubt that. I'm guessing 2.0.x. > I will find out for sure on Monday, but getting a jump over the weekend would > be cool.) I can't speak on 2.X, but 3.X supports them just fine. I should note that my experience with multiple LUN's has been limited to a CD drive. > > 2) Can I access multiple LUNs through individual device files? If so, can I > assume that the kernel will pop up messages saying what files have devices > attached? Yes. I have been using a 7 CD changer for some time with no problems. They come up as cd0 through cd6. I have used with with both Adaptec and NCR controllers. > 3) Should I have the client do "/dev/MAKEDEV all" before rebooting with the > device attached? That would do what I want under NetBSD, but I'm not quite > sure about FreeBSD. Since, you don't mention what kind of multiple LUN device you are talking about, that is hard to answer. :-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message