On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 13:08, Robert Howells wrote: > >> > > > > Repeat after me: > > "SCSI is *not* a hot-swappable standard." > > Agreed ! But who said I was hot swapping ! ?????? > > I have a SCSI scanner which gets infrequent use > which I would like to leave Powered down until it's needed.............. > Leaving power off extends the globe life .......
Actually, powering on the device after boot *is* hot-swapping. > All I need to do is " Mount " it on the SCSI bus after > I turn the power on !!!!!!!! ?????/ No, mount is for a drive and I'm pretty sure that your SCSI scanner isn't one. > Rebooting is a long process to do that ! Nah, you can put your computer to sleep. > So how is Holwell in Tasmania ? Very pretty, no GSM coverage, very cold, lots of space and irregular rubbish collection services :-) Onno Benschop Connected via Optus B3 at S41°18'23" - E146°49'07" (Holwell, Tas) -- ()/)/)() ..ASCII for Onno.. |>>? ..EBCDIC for Onno.. --- -. -. --- ..Morse for Onno.. Proudly supported by Skipper Trucks, Highway1, Concept AV, Sony Central, Dalcon ITmaze - ABN: 56 178 057 063 - ph: 04 1219 8888 - onno at itmaze dot com dot au
