From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 2 15:16:55 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from web12508.mail.yahoo.com (web12508.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.173.200]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B46C137B71A for ; Fri, 2 Mar 2001 15:16:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from millioncheese@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20010302231650.65183.qmail@web12508.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [129.237.35.38] by web12508.mail.yahoo.com; Fri, 02 Mar 2001 15:16:50 PST Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 15:16:50 -0800 (PST) From: Tyler McGeorge Reply-To: treznor@sunflower.com Subject: Re: Hot swap IDE device? To: richard childers , Artem Koutchine Cc: Christopher Farley , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <3AA0140B.32F42B27@pacbell.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I've actually seen a working IDE hot swap on a Windows machine. It is possible, but, it does require the hot swap kit and I believe they warn against doing it on a regular basis to avoid hard disk damage. You might check the manual for the hot swap kit, it may mount as a drive image or something bizarre. Best of luck, Ty --- richard childers wrote: > 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" > > > To: > > 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 > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message