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Subject: Re: reprobing scsi
To: dgy@rtd.com (Don Yuniskis)
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 18:42:20 +0100 (MET)
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> 
> > >     It "appears" that the kernel refuses to recognize my tape
> > > drive if it is not powered up at the time FBSD (2.1) boots.
> > > Is there a way to force a reprobe of the SCSI bus?
> > 
> > scsi -f /dev/rstx -r
> 
> Been there.  Done that.  ("not configured")  Any other suggestions?
> ;-)
> 
> --don

Use a device for 'scsi' that is already probed successfully, you 
now have a chicken and egg problem.

So: scsi -f /dev/rsd0c -r   (assuming you have a sd0)

Wilko
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