At 22:51 -0500 on 10/06/02, Spiritus ex Machina wrote: >Now, can I use the box as a single-switch power controller or do I need >to have the SCSI devices powered up and active before I start the main box?
In theory, the latter, but I find hard disks to be reasonably reliable as long as I power them up before I use something like SCSIProbe to mount them. Whether or not the Mac is on or off when I turn on the external is (usually) irrelevant. Of course, this goes against the purpose of SCSI, which was NOT designed to be hot-swapped like this, but *in most cases* a SCSI device can be safely unplugged or attached as long as nothing is trying to access the SCSI bus at the time. the pickle FAQ <http://macfaq.org/index.shtml> Software Archive <ftp://download:[EMAIL PROTECTED]//Users/thepickl/Sites/Archive/> <http://www.members.jmug.org/%7Ethepickl/archive/> _________________________________________________________________ -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
