Hey, Hal Now that you've mastered USB Hotpluging, are you ready to start hotswapping your CPU?
Just saw this on Slashdot /. Links inside <> <http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/10/10/1336255&mode=thread&tid=106&tid=185> <http://search.gmane.org/search.php?query=thoughts&email=&group=gmane.linux.kernel&sort=date> I thought you might enjoy it. ;) Conway S. Smith -- Hal MacArgle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Greetings: I thought that "hotplug" merely meant a device could be plugged in/out without shutting off the power to the computer.. Apparently there's more to it than that as I see a man and directory dedicated to "hotplug." I'm a bit lost at this point especially since I've plugged in a flash drive, with the power off; noted the kernel finds it; changed the default filesystem to ext2; and use it as a regular drive mounted as /dev/sda1... So it's obvious that Slackware9.0/2.4.20 has configured things to work right out of the box.. Seeing the hotplug directory and files I thought I might find an answer to my basic query: Can the device actually be plugged in and unplugged with the power on?? I read somewhere that firewire is hotpluggable but "don't do it," in many cases.. No details.. I still can't find the theory behind hot plugging.. As an EE you don't connect anything to a live bus with impunity; unless the bus is "dead" until it senses a load.. Maybe I can learn something here. <grin> Any comments? TIA & enjoying the list.. Hal - in Terra Alta, WV - Slackware GNU/Linux 9.0 (2.4.20) Proprietary Formats Unacceptable . - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs