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From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@aciri.org>
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Subject: Re: hotplug ata device?
In-Reply-To: <20010217200223.B88106@peorth.iteration.net> from "Michael C . Wu" at "Feb 17, 2001  8: 2:24 pm"
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> | > NO.  These cards are not hot pluggable.  I've blown out two IDE
> | > Controllers hot plugging them.  DO NOT TRY TO HOTPLUG THEM OR YOU WILL
> | > BE SORRY.
...
> | > I hate to shout like that, but after the second IDE controller fried,
> | > I got real conservative.
...
> And Warner uses these TAPR CompactFlash/IDE cards..:)
> I have fried my little Pentium 100's IDE controller with it too...

i actually wonder, aren't there removable disk frames which support
hot swap (by turning off power with the keylock, or the like) ?

Plus, it is actually curious that you can fry the IDE controller,
the simplest ones used to be just a couple of '245 and an
address decoder...

	cheers
	luigi

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