Re: Nothing in /proc/scsi/scsi, util ...

From: Paul Lutus (nospam_at_nosite.zzz)
Date: 09/27/03


Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 11:04:21 -0700

Jun Zhang wrote:

> I have adaptec 2940 card and disks and a tape drive on the chain.
> During boot up, I see the listing of controllers and disks as the
> initial messages from the 2940. After booting up, "cat /proc/scsi/scsi"
> doesn't give me anything, "fdisk /dev/sd0" says no disk, util I do a "mt
> -f /dev/st0 status", and everything is seen and function normal. I made
> sure there is termination on at least one device on the chain, and tried
> to change it to other devices, the situation remain the same. If I take
> the tape drive out of the chain, the fdisk command will never work. I
> left the tape drive as the single device on the chain, I still have to
> use the first mt command to recognize it. This is an AMD 1.4GHz running
> RH 9.

Your message contains no clear statement of a problem, and no specific
request.

-- 
Paul Lutus
http://www.arachnoid.com


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