Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 11:21:57 -0600 From: Christopher Farley <chris@northernbrewer.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Hot swap IDE device? Message-ID: <20010301112155.A5003@northernbrewer.com>
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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
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