[Cialug] Poor man's hot-swappable hard drive

[Renegade Muskrat]

SATA might; my experiences were with regular ATA. I probably should 
have mentioned that.

As far as other bus types, i've read reports from engineers that say 
you can hot swap SCSI, even though the spec doesn't allow it. You juave 
have to make sure to push the connectors on very straight so all pins 
connect simultaneously.

I do like the hot-swappability (is that a word? perhaps swappypootivity 
would work as well) of USB and Firewire. I've been using those 
interfaces on Macs for awhile.

At 06:13 AM 1/8/2005 -0600, you wrote:
 >Hey wait-a minute.. doesn't the SATA spec allow hot-swapping?
 >
 >Don
 >----- Original Message -----
 >From: "Renegade Muskrat" <dramaley@spatulacity.cx>
 >To: <cialug@cialug.org>
 >Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 12:16 AM
 >Subject: RE: [Cialug] Poor man's hot-swappable hard drive
 >
 >
 >> It is possible to hot-swap IDE. Sort of. I've tried it on both 
Windows
 >> and Linux. With Windows it did not work; the OS never recognized 
the
 >> drive. With Linux i was able to mount the drive after plugging it 
in
 >> while the machine was one. I definitely do not recommend hot 
swapping
 >
 >> IDE equipment though; it goes against the specification and can 
result
 >
 >> in hardware damage, data loss, etc. If you do decide to play with 
hot
 >
 >> swapping IDE, i recommend doing it on a computer you don't care 
about
 >
 >> and with drives you don't care about (and have backed up to a
 >different
 >> machine).
 >>
 >> I've purchased a few IDE -> USB/Firewire kits from
 >www.sunshinestor.com
 >> and been quite happy with them. I'd recommend going this route.
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