On Tue, 2013-11-26 at 11:03 -0600, Dan McGhee wrote: > On the other hand, I can understand another possible difference unless > I don't understand what "hot-plug" means. To me it's the ability to > "plug something in" while the computer is running and have it > work--much like a USB device. If my NIC is hot-pluggable, I would > have to open the laptop case to remove it.
For a laptop, then yes, you'd be talking about USB ethernet and wifi adapters - or possibly, something connected via a docking station. But some servers allow hotplugging for all sorts of devices, such as the ability to replace a defective network card without powering down. Simon. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
