On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Dan Nelson wrote: > Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 14:39:21 -0500 > From: Dan Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Jeff D. Hamann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: swapping out hardware? > > In the last episode (Oct 23), Jeff D. Hamann said: > > I'm replacing a tape drive (scsi) and have a couple of ide cd-rom > > drives on my system. I have some scsi cd drives in another system > > (reader and burner) that I would like to add/replace on the server > > that will be getting the new tape drive. > > > > can I shutdown the freebsd machine, disconnect the ide cdrom drives > > and install the scsi devices and have freebsd detect the changes in > > the configuration? will I manually have to go in to fstab, etc an > > manually change the values? > > You'll need to fiddle with fstab, but only because your type of hardwre > is changing. SCSI cds show up as /dev/cd#, and ATAPI ones are > /dev/acd#. > > -- > Dan Nelson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Also, note that if your current kernel doesnt support the SCSI drives you're swapping in, you'll need to be able to boot the GENERIC kernel, or at least build a new kernel before the swap with support for the SCSI devices you're adding. That is, iff you roll your own kernel. JB # John Bleichert # http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
