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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Subject: Re: can you make the kernal know a new device is present w/o rebooting???
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- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
- References: <fish.725060686@news.gsfc.nasa.gov>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 04:34:35 GMT
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- In <fish.725060686@news.gsfc.nasa.gov> fish@daacdev1.stx.com writes:
-
- | i was just wondering if that was possible:
- | can you make the kernal know a new device is present w/o rebooting???
- |
- | i was adding a tape drive this morning and i didn't want to have to
- | kick all of the users off
- |
- | i guess i'm pipe dreaming
-
- Well, aside from possibly blowing termpower fuses (assuming
- this is a SCSI drive), or temporarily taking out the PTF
- (like a selfresetting circuit breaker) for a while, things
- should pretty much work, except for hinv.
-
- If the /dev devices don't already exist, try:
- su root -c 'cd /dev; ./MAKEDEV tape'
- --
- Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
- because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
- Maria Isabel Barreno | olson@sgi.com
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