Re: [ProgSoc] hotswapping IDE drives

[jedd <jedd@nospam.progsoc.org>]

On Thu, 6 Feb 2003 12:07 pm, vik wrote:
 ] However, the controller is just an old run-of-the-mill motherboard based 
 ] non-RAID controller. supposing the drive was unmounted, would anything 
 ] blow up if it was swapped while the 'puter was running?

 Even if you've got whatever the EIDE equivalent of the SCA (?)
 plugs are - the integrated power / data cables - you still need to
 have a controller than can cope with drives appearing and then
 disappearing.  Your average non-RAID run-of-the-mill mobo
 based IDE controller .. will likely barf in a big way.

 Dunno if anything would blow up .. but try inserting and removing
 the drive a few dozen times really quickly just to stress-test the
 process.  :)

 Jedd.


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