ioscan reports many floppy devices

[D Block 2]

Can someone explain why - when running:
ioscan -funC disk

its shows the /dev/floppy/ to repeat itself under different target/scsi names?


ioscan -funC disk
56/52.2.0 disc3 CLAIMED DEVICE SEAGATE ST32151N
/dev/dsk/c1t2d0 /dev/rdsk/c1t2d0
/dev/floppy/c1t2d0 /dev/rfloppy/c1t2d0
56/52.4.0 disc3 CLAIMED DEVICE SEAGATE ST32151N
/dev/dsk/c1t4d0 /dev/rdsk/c1t4d0
/dev/floppy/c1t4d0 /dev/rfloppy/c1t4d0
56/52.5.0 disc3 CLAIMED DEVICE HP C2490AM
/dev/dsk/c1t5d0 /dev/rdsk/c1t5d0
/dev/floppy/c1t5d0 /dev/rfloppy/c1t5d0

[Steven E. Protter · Accepted solution]

ioscan runs when the system starts and creates drivers based on first come first serve basis.

One way to reach this situation is to install the floppy, then shut the box, change the scsi id and start the box back up.

Then there will be two, but only one will be valid.

You can rmsf the ones that are not valid.

SEP

[Nuwan Wijesundera]

cause may be a scsi ids' conflict. Please check scsi ids / terminations

this may help you.

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

As you see all the three disks are using the same driver disc3. So the system recognized the SEAGATE disks also as *also* floppy devices and created device filles for them. You can ignore them.

I believe the one at 56/52.5.0 is your floppy drive.You need to use only the device files corresponding to the *correct* path.

-Sri