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Subject: Re: The right way to remove disk drive
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On 02/14/07 06:14, Ivan Voras wrote:
> Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> 
>> Not all ata controller chips actually support hot-plug.
> 
> Can anyone give an example of working hot plug (s)ata controller which
> works as advertised with FreeBSD?


My laptop (Dell D820 - ICH7) has a SATA/PATA controller, and it works 
great.  I use atacontrol to detach the dvd+-rw, and attach a modular bay 
hard drive, or detach and then slide in another battery..


Eric