Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 13:43:39 -0800 From: richard childers <fscked@pacbell.net> To: Artem Koutchine <matrix@ipform.ru> Cc: Christopher Farley <chris@northernbrewer.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hot swap IDE device? Message-ID: <3AA0140B.32F42B27@pacbell.net> References: <20010301112155.A5003@northernbrewer.com> <00f501c0a275$df546fa0$0c00a8c0@ipform.ru>
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That's a good question; what does your swappable IDE drive kit say about doing it while the power was on? I think Artem is right; won't work ... under IDE, at least. -- richard Artem Koutchine wrote: > This is a bad idea. IDE is not a plug-n-play (or to say > it right: HOT SWAP) bus. You might disconnect > a drive more or less safely, but reconnecting a drive into > a working system can cause all kinds of troubles. And it > has nothing to do with FreeBSD. It is related to > electric schematic and interface standards. If you need > hot swap try: SCSI, USB, FireWire??? drives. > > Regards, > Artem > > ------ Original Message ----- > From: "Christopher Farley" <chris@northernbrewer.com> > To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 8:21 PM > Subject: Hot swap IDE device? > > > Is there any way to get FreeBSD to add/remove an IDE device from a > > running system? > > > > I'm experimenting with a $15 removable IDE hard drive kit. I would > > ideally like to be able to power down the drive, remove it, insert > > a new drive (possibly a different manufacturer/capacity), power it > > up, and force FreeBSD to recognize the new IDE device. > > > > Is this possible? > > > > I assume I can swap identical drive models endlessly, and FreeBSD > would > > be none the wiser. However, two years down the road, it will be > impossible > > to replace a broken drive with the identical model. > > > > -- > > Christopher Farley > > www.northernbrewer.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Richard A. Childers Senor UNIX Administrator fscked@pacbell.net (email) 203.556.8471 (voice/msgs) # Providing administrative expertise (not 'damage control') since 1986. # PGP fingerprint: 7EFF 164A E878 7B04 8E9F 32B6 72C2 D8A2 582C 4AFA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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