That is exactly what I am saying. The hotplug devices are setup with in the=
device. for instance a hard drive enclosure that you can remove drives fro=
m. With a scanner you have to have it plugged in when you boot your machine=
.<br>
<br>I could be wrong but I am pretty certain that is the way it works.<br><=
br>Dan<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 2:21 PM, J=
im Hall <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:volunteer.jim@gmail.com">vo=
lunteer.jim@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, =
204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div></div><=
div class="h5"><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:20 P=
M, Dan Schlichting <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dan@cpugeek.org"=
target="_blank">dan@cpugeek.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, =
204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
If you turn off or unplug a scsi device you need to reboot to make it work.=
<br><br>Just about every operating system I have seen.<br><br>It initialize=
s when it is powered on.<br><font color="#888888"><br>Dan</font><div><div=
>
</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 11:23=
AM, Jim Hall <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:volunteer.jim@gmail.c=
om" target="_blank">volunteer.jim@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, =
204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Debian Etch<br><b=
r>I have a scanner attached to an Adaptec card. Only use scanner on average=
twice a month for about 15 minutes, off and disconnedted from the card the=
rest of the time. Most of the time after connecting the scanner back to=
the card and powering it up I have to reboot for the card to be recogni=
sed again. I've searched the repositories with every term I can think o=
f. Tools for working with the bus - yes. Working with the card - no. All I =
really want to do is be able to restart the card similar to start/stop the =
NIC. Command line, something.<br>
<br>Any thoughts?<br><font color="#888888"><br>Jim<br>
</font></blockquote></div><br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br><br></div></div>Are you talking abou=
t the card? The card initializes at boot. OK, fine. Or are you saying that =
unpluging the device (scanner) kills the bus? If so, then how do hotplug SC=
SI drives work? I found lots of tools for that.<br>
<font color="#888888">
<br>Jim<br>
</font></blockquote></div><br>