[Info-vax] rx2600 hotplug

[FredK]

"smithfarm" <presnypreklad at gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:iauu6c$1dag$1 at ns.felk.cvut.cz...
>> SCSI devices are initially configured by SYSMAN.  If a device is 
>> connected,
>> then it will create a DK device for it.  If the device isn't plugged in 
>> when
>> you first boot:
>>
>> $ MC SYSMAN IO AUTO
>
> I just tried attaching a SATA drive to the rx2600 using a SATA-to-USB 
> converter. It was recognized immediately (MC SYSMAN IO AUTO was not 
> required). Cool.

USB handles device connection dynamically - it's the nature of the beast. 
Glad it works for you.

FWIW - There is an update to DNDRIVER in either the V400 update kit for V8.4 
(it might be in the next one...  don't recall) - and in an future V8.3 etc 
kit that will fix a number of configuration issues for random pens and 
HD's - for those who have had issues in the past with random devices - this 
might "fix" them.  Still other things to fix on the list in there - but I 
expect that probably 50-80% of the oddball configuration "hang" errors on 
Pen drives may simply go away.