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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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.. - -- Neil Stone Systems Administrator FlashTek UK - -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GIT d+(++) s: a-(?) C++++(--) UL++++$ P+ L+++ E- W+++ N+ o+ w--- O M PS+ Y+ PGP++ t+ 5+ X+ R+ tv+ b- DI++ D+++ G e h--- r+++ y++++(**) - -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK----- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEdzV4z3Av8JKgzxQRAneAAKCXyp+PBJ6Vf5E6r5mqkbWoHGXfNACghC9Q cJdNv6Hg1+/og7sBQVPHrsE= =E4M6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html