[ale] Cycling power on SCSI-attached devices

[Byron A Jeff]

> 
> ALErs -
> 
> I have a couple of scanners on a SCSI interface on my Linux RH6.2 box and
> when I bring the whole system up from power-down they are properly
> identified and available to my applications ('gimp' and
> 'xscanimage'). If they are not operational at boot, they are not
> available later when I might need them.
> 
> In MSWin, this would be no problem, of course, with convenient, frequent
> reboots. &8*)
> 
> Is there a way can properly register SCSI devices if they are turned on
> after my system has completed booting?

Yup. Can't remember the details though. Essentially it requires writing
a rescan line into the /proc/scsi/scsi file.

Do a search on 'linux scsi rescan' and I gurantee a that a FAQ or E-mail
posting on the subject will pop up.

BAJ
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