Re: how do i remove a scsi device ?

[Ramin Motakef <ramin@motakef.de>]

<spectral@hangar18.campus.luth.se> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> I posted a question a while ago, but noone answered AFAIK.
> 
> Anyway, I have an advansys scsi card with one plexiwriter attached to it.
> I burnt something and cdrecord decided to crash so now the cdburner is
> "locked", I can't open the cdtray nor can i access it in any way. I've
> also experienced that it can "lock up" at other times as well. Don't know
> why..
> 
> After some hunting on the net I got various answers, one of them being 
> echo "scsi remove-single-device" > /proc/scsi/scsi
> 

You have to tell wich device you want to remove, ie:

 echo "scsi remove-single-device 0 0 5 0" > /proc/scsi/scsi

                           [ Host Channel Id Lun ]

this is "documented" in /usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi/scsi.c :-)


> but that doesnt work since that "file" already exists.
> 
> Nor can i remove the scsi module, since i have compiled it into the
> kernel. Perhaps a bad idea.. I'll recompile it and make it as a module
> instead.. 
> 
> Does anybody know how to reset this burner or the scsi card so that i can
> use the burner again without rebooting ?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> /Jonas
> 

HTH Ramin