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Suse Linux has the script rescan-scsi-bus.sh which should do the
business. Other distro's may also have it.


Bob


Paul Black <paul.black@oxsemi.com> wrote:
> Robin <ng@rszemeti.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> 
>> So busy on here .;-)
>> 
>> but I you always get a quality answer I find ..
>> 
>> anyway ..
>> 
>> say you boot your machine and you don't happen to have your nice SCSI
>> scanner turned on ..
>> 
>> Is there some mysterious incantation to get the SCSI bus grepped again
>> and my now
>> happily waiting scanner recognised .. or do I really have to do the
>> poweroff thing ??

> I'll assume you're using Linux because a) the header files of your
> message and b) it's the only one I can answer for :-)

> You need to be using SCSI as a module (and not compiled into the
> kernel). Unload the SCSI module (you would need to unmount SCSI disks
> and unload the modules for all the SCSI devices). Reload the modules as
> necessary. When the SCSI module is loaded it scans the bus. (This worked
> for me in the past when I forgot to plug in a tape drive).

> Paul

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