how to attached an external tape drive without restart

[C. Linus Hicks]

On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 13:20 +0700, robent wrote:
> hi..
> my name is Robent, i'm a newbie in linux, and i have this problem..
> Please Help.. :)
> 
> We are using Redhat Linux 8.00 Kernel 2.4.18-14 on HP Proliant ML 370, CPU Xeon 2.8 G as server,
> and we already have an external HP StorageWorks DAT 40 tape drive..
> 
> How can i ask my server to detect this tape drive after i attached it to scsi port without restart the server?
> 
> many thanks before..
> 
> Robent

Check this URL:

http://www.linux.com/howtos/SCSI-Programming-HOWTO-4.shtml

Scroll down to section 4.3 and you will see this heading:

Dynamically insert and remove SCSI devices

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C. Linus Hicks <lhicks at nc dot rr dot com>