Re: Greedy for USB(y)

[Bruce Johnson]

On Mar 19, 2004, at 11:04 AM, R. A. Cantrell wrote:

on 3/19/04 11:33 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

As for powered or unpowered USB... My preference is a powered hub.
If the peripherals don't need the power,
Jumping over a bit: I am relatively new to  USB. Question: is it o.k. 
to
plug/unplug USB cables/devices while the computer is powered up? Would 
it be
o.k. to leave a USB cable plugged in all the time and just plug/unplug 
say,
a camera to it without all the shutdown/plug in/reboot stuff that ADB 
and
SCSI require?
Oh, yeah, that's one of the prime features of USB.

One caveat, things like memory sticks can get messed up if the volume 
isn't dismounted first. I've had that happen once to mine. Reformatting 
it fixed it.

--
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group
Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs

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