[98505] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Wanted, SCSI bus trick
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dale E. Reed Jr.)
Mon Nov 9 14:13:33 1998
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 09:19:31 -0800
From: "Dale E. Reed Jr." <daler@iea-software.com>
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Ray Abbitt wrote:
>
> Wrong, wrong, wrong. It doesn't matter whether the SCSI controller
> recognises a new device or not. The operating system has to know its
> there too. (Go install NT on a Compaq server without Compaq's drivers
> and watch it ignore hot-swappable drives). And yes there are usually
> ways around this (I finally figured out how to make W95/98 re-scan
> the SCSI bus so that I didn't have to have my scanner powered up at
> boot time)
I was strictly speaking about the hardware. Its seems obvious that
the OS has to be smart about it as well. If the hardware doesn't
support it, you are not going to be able to write a driver to make
it work.
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