>Of course it helps if the chipset is specifically designed for hot >swapping. I've rarely had trouble with USB or 1394 removables, whether >the drive was EIDE or SATA. But I've never been able to hotswap >directly on the EIDE bus, and now am having some trouble hotswapping >on (e)SATA
Being able to hot swap depends on a lot of factors. Today I hot swapped a drive in an XServ, but the MacPro -- though similarly configured -- can not be hot swapped. You just have to know what can and can't. This can unfortunately lead to many sad stories. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
