SCSI Problem
Drew Lane
yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Wed Dec 4 07:50:03 2002
>
> Definitely slow if it's the original 1GB Fireball. They were slow
> even back when they were new. :) However, I can't say that I've ever
> heard of one failing to show up in Linux before, and I don't recall
> such problems back when I was using a PowerMac 7500 with what was
> probably the same drive you've got. Of course, that was back in the
> early days of the PowerMac port of Linux and the drivers have changed
> quite a bit since then... for example, if the drivers now have a
> shorter timeout when scanning for devices, that could create problems
> for a slow-to-respond drive.
I would like to test this timeout theory by rescanning the SCSI bus
after I boot into Linux.
Is there a command to do this?
Drew