On Thursday 05 October 2006 10:34, Jonathan McKeown wrote: > I recently bought a drive caddy for an ATA hard drive. The unit is in two > parts: a cassette, into which can be fitted a standard ATA hard drive, and > a carrier permanently fitted into a standard drive bay. The carrier > includes a power keyswitch for the drive bay. > > I installed it, brought the box (running 4.9) back up, and then switched on > the power to the drive. FreeBSD didn't recognise the drive even after an > atacontrol reinit of the channel. > > I then dropped the box and brought it back up with the keyswitch for the > drive in the ON position. It now recognises the drive (could this be > BIOS-related?).
OK, having got to this point and with some trepidation, I started fiddling. The removable drive is on ATA channel 1 along with a CD writer. > Is it safe to simply switch the power to the drive off using the keyswitch > and then remove the cassette with the server running but the drive bay > powered down? Do I need to do anything other than ensure that the drive is > unmounted at the time? > > And having done that, if I replace the drive and then reapply power using > the keyswitch, would I need to do anything to get FreeBSD to notice the > return of the device? So far doing an atacontrol detach 1, powering down the drive with the keyswitch, removing it and doing an atacontrol attach 1 to get my CD back, seems to work without problems. Adding the drive back in, powering it up and then doing an atacontrol reinit 1 also seems to work without problems. Potentially slightly less safe, I guess, simply powering the drive off and doing an atacontrol reinit 1 seems to work. Does anyone have any horror stories or awful warnings before I make this part of my backup procedure? Jonathan _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
