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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 23:14:43 +0100 (BST)
From: Ruth Ivimey-Cook <Ruth.Ivimey-Cook@ivimey.org>
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To: Dag Nygren <dag@newtech.fi>
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Subject: Re: Devfs strangeness in 2.4.18
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On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, Dag Nygren wrote:

>The problems are tha the sg? links doesn't correspond to the real
>devices shown by /proc/scsi/scsi (Which matches the real situation)
>sg0 matches the first disk, OK
>sg1 matches the Medium changer, OK
>sg2 matches nothing...... There is no target 2 on host1 !!!
>sg3 matches the DLT tape drive
>sg4 matches the DAT tape drive
>
>The other problem is the st? links.
>st0 is linked out into nothing ...
>
>Seems like 3 host adapters is too much for devfs......
>Do I need an upgrade ?

In my experience, devfs doesn't create /dev/sg or /dev/st softlinks. The only 
links it creates are from /dev/discs/... to /dev/ide/... or /dev/scsi/... as 
appropriate.

I would look into the mandrake boot sequence in detail.

Ruth


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Ruth Ivimey-Cook
Software engineer and technical writer.

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