Re: rescan scsi

Matthias Urlichs (smurf@work.smurf.noris.de)
20 Jun 1997 20:18:42 +0200

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"Lauri Tischler" <ltischler@efore.fi> writes:
> If I plug a new diskdrive into a scsicontroller on a live system, how
> do I get the drive to be identified (as /dev/sdx or such) without
> rebooting the bloody box ?
>
You don't.

Sooner or later, doing this _will_ fry your SCSI interface chips.

Trust me -- I learned that the hard way. :-(

-- Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. -- Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895

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