[Eug-lug] Hot-plugging SATA

[larry price]

unmount the volumes first.

just because the hardware handles hotplug gracefully doesn't mean that
the operating system will.

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 11:43 AM, Allen Brown <abrown at peak.org> wrote:
> The connectors on a SATA drive have offset pins.  They appear to
>  be designed for hot-plugging.  This is an *internal* drive connector.
>  I have researched topics I could find via google.  I've never heard
>  of anyone having trouble hot-plugging SATA.  And the following
>  article implies that any SATA hardware should be able to be
>  hot-plugged without damage.
>   http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BRZ/is_11_22/ai_98977131/pg_8
>
>  Have any of you done this?  Anybody hear of troubles doing it?
>  --
>  Allen Brown  abrown at peak.org  http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown/
>   Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
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