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Re: [LUG] Removable hard disk

 

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Simon Williams wrote:
> Hi all.
> I'm upgrading my server soon and will probably be getting a removable 
> hard disk bay. I'm wondering if anyone knows anything about hotswapping 
> these (it'll be IDE).
> Google gives some mention of it on the kernel mailing list, but only for 
> 2.4 and 2.5, and it doesn't say whether it's stable or how to get it 
> working.
> Does it work on 2.6?
> Is it stable?
> What about the BIOS' hard disk management?
> Can I take a drive out and put a different one in?
> Any suggestions?
> 
> (I'm surprised I couldn't work this out myself- I've done a lot with the 
> ultrabay on my thinkpad(s)).
> 
> Thanks in advance
> Simon
> 

well first off the drives would need to be hot plugable, also the drive
bays... the bios should know how to do this too... it's not as simple as
you may think..


however, doing this on usb.. thats a different matter.. its easy..

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Neil Stone

Systems Administrator
FlashTek UK

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