Re: OT: Hot-swappable IDE drives

[Dimitri Maziuk <dmaziuk@yola.bmrb.wisc.edu>]

* Ron Johnson (ron.l.johnson@cox.net) spake thusly:
> Hi,
> 
> I know that there are removable cartridges that allow one to swap
> IDE disk drives when the PC is shut down, i.e. cold-swapping.
> 
> Is there a way to hot-swap IDE drives like it it possible with 
> SCSI drives?  The 'net research I've done indicates that it is
> not possible, but I wonder if I have missed anything.

I've hot-swapped IDE drives before. It's certainly doable, although
I wouldn't recommend it. Why do you want to hot-swap it, anyway?

Dima