Re: rescan scsi

Gerald Britton (gbritton@nih.gov)
Fri, 20 Jun 1997 13:15:33 -0400 (EDT)


> > echo "scsi add-single-device 0 0 1 0" > /proc/scsi/scsi
> >
> > will reprobe Card 0, Channel 0, Device 1, Lun 0, and add it if it is
> > found.
> >
> Yikes! I was not aware that this was in the kernel. I sure hope there
> is a disclaimer associated with this when one of the SCSI device bits is
> pulling and another is pushing. You really should not disconnect or
> connect a SCSI device when it is power up!

there are HotSwap scsi buses.. they are designed to allow you to safely
insert devices into an operating scsi system. There shouldn't be any
problem with hot swapping scsi devices, especially in one of these
enclosures.

-- 
Gerald Britton
gbritton@nih.gov