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Re: external SCSI device

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (C.J. Oster)
Sun Jan 25 23:16:54 1998

Date: 	Sun, 25 Jan 1998 20:12:24 -0800 (PST)
From: "C.J. Oster" <lordvadr@phix.com>
To: the master <master@gvi.net>
cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <199801181631.KAA25366@gvi.net>

echo "scsi add-single-device a b c d" > /proc/scsi/scsi
a=host
b=channel
c=id
d=lun

forinstance

echo "scsi add-single-device 0 0 3 0" > /proc/scsi/scsi
adds the device at id 3 on my 0 device, 0 channel, and 0 lun.
If you have to worry about channel andlun numbers, then you will know
enough about them to adjust them accordingly with out much difficulty.

-CJO-

On Sun, 18 Jan 1998, the master wrote:

> I have an external CD-ROM, 
> external device has to be already turned on when linux is booting up
> for kernel to autodetect it so you can use it.
> 
> I haven't heard of any way to tell the kernel to recheck for SCSI 
> devices, I think that would be considered hotswapping SCSI devices
> and maybe somebody is working on that.
> 
> > 
> > 
> > I have external magneto-optical device connected to
> > Adaptec-1530 (aha152x driver), but if I switch off it
> > at boot time. Kernel not see it.
> > What is to be done?
> > 
> > -- 
> > Marat Khairullin	8->	mailto:xmm@ugai.kcn.ru
> > 
> 
> 
> 


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