Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 12:24:23 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Bob Hall <rjhalljr@starpower.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: connecting to SCSI drive Message-ID: <20021120182423.GB30909@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20021120180314.GA564@sten.alder.net> References: <20021120180314.GA564@sten.alder.net>
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In the last episode (Nov 20), Bob Hall said: > I use a DVD burner for backups, and I usually forget to turn it on > when I boot my FBSD box. Turning it on and rebooting isn't a big > deal, but is there a way to get FBSD to see the drive without > rebooting? Is there a process that can be reset or a command that > tells FBSD that the drive exists? > > FreeBSD 4.4, external DVD-RAM drive. Power it on once before reboot, then run "camcontrol devlist". Note the bus, target, and lun numbers of the DVD drive. Then later you can use the "camcontrol rescan b:t:l" command to force the kernel to detect that device. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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