RedHat 8.0 Gigabyte 7VAXP Motherboard
Built in Via Firewire controller
60GB Maxtor Hard drive formatted NTFS attached to firewire connector.

Updated RedHat kernel to 2.4.18-19.8.0 with kernel source rpm. Recompiled kernel
to enable NTFS support.

When booting: RedHat is able to "logon" to the device without a problem. However I
get an error message about /dev/sda5 (the firewire hard drive) is not a valid block
device.

After booting I run cat /proc/scsi/scsi > the hard drive is not listed.
I run rescan-scsi-bus.sh > the drive is then added and I can mount it.
I have the drive listed in /etc/fstab > same as I do in Mandrake 9.0.

Is there something I need to edit so I don't have to run rescan-scsi-bus.sh
each time I want to use the drive?

After all the problems I went thru trying to get RedHat to work with another
machine that had an Audigy firewire connector this was a breeze. That experience
definitely helped this time around.

If anyone has any tips I would be greatful.

Thank's.