Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 20:34:28 +0300 From: "Artem Koutchine" <matrix@ipform.ru> To: "Christopher Farley" <chris@northernbrewer.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Hot swap IDE device? Message-ID: <00f501c0a275$df546fa0$0c00a8c0@ipform.ru> References: <20010301112155.A5003@northernbrewer.com>
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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
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