On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 01:05:13PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > When Red Hat 7.1 boots, it checks for "New Hardware". I have a laptop that has >two modular bays. The hard drive consumes one bay. Before I boot, I either put in the >CDROM or floppy drive in the 2nd bay. If I want to switch devices, I currently have >to halt the system, swap the devices, and reboot. Is there a way to switch the >modular devices once Red Hat has booted, without halting? I am buying a second hard >drive and would like to be able to swap out the current device (floppy or CDROM), put >in any other modular device (e.g. the new hard drive), and use it (e.g. mount it and >use it). Is this possible?
This is suicide... You're talking hot-swap on a shared IDE bus, and that's a good way to get data corruption. You could run kudzu if you know you're on a separate channel from the system disk (where you've got regular I/O going on) but I would think you're far better off doing a power-down before swapping devices. Your devices may not even handle the power safely now, so that's definitely something you check out with your hardware vendor. You don't want to fry a device by plugging it in hot if it's not designed for that. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
