Re: hotplugging ide harddrive

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 06/04/07 10:23, Atis wrote:
> On 6/4/07, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> > On 06/03/07 22:19, Ms Linuz wrote:
> > > I've been googling but haven't found any clue yet.
> > > I want to hotplug my ide disk so i can put it on my computer while the
> > > computer's running.
> > > Then just automatically mount ( or at least detected for mounted 
> > manually
> > > later ) like usb storage.
> > > As a former windows user, I can easlly do it on m$win by plugging 
> > the drive
> > > then 'scan for harddware changes'
> > > on the system control panel.
> >
> > You can plug a raw drive directly into a running system?  I don't
> > believe you.  As Douglas says, IDE doesn't support hot-swapping.
>
> Yes, you can. Main danger is from plugging in power, but whenever you
> add a switch for power cable - no problem. It's even working under
> windows.

Do you have a URL?

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