On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 21:01 +1300, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
> Any SATA drive will work in that swappy caddy.
Good to know.
> > Anyone else on this list hot-swapping drives?
>
> Yes. IDE via USB converter, SATA goes on straight. Neither show a
> difference to a keyring USB gimmick in handling by
On Wed 07 Nov 2007 21:34:50 NZDT +1300, Steve Holdoway wrote:
> if you're really paranoid, then the command
>
> sync
>
> followed by manually umounting the device is a pretty indestructable
> belt and braces approach.
The critical bit is the umount, the sync is included in the umount
automaticall
On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:01:13 +1300
Volker Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well lets put it this way: if you rip the drive off the computer while
> writing to it and without unmounting it first, you *will* be cursing
> regardless of whether it's USB or SATA, or Linux or Doze. Hint KDE:
> righ
On Wed 07 Nov 2007 13:24:12 NZDT +1300, Phill Coxon wrote:
> I just bought one of these nifty hot swappable esata drive bays:
>
> http://icute.com.tw/english/iSwap201.htm
Looks ideal.
> I want to use it for off site backups i.e.: backup to the drive, pop it
> out to take off site and replace wi
On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 13:37 +1300, Michael Fincham wrote:
> IIRC, the SATA standard always supports hotplug. The drivers don't
> always, but the support has improved massively in recent Linux kernels.
>
> That said, I won't be responsible for your data loss / hardware damage ;)
>
> FWIW, I hotpl
IIRC, the SATA standard always supports hotplug. The drivers don't
always, but the support has improved massively in recent Linux kernels.
That said, I won't be responsible for your data loss / hardware damage ;)
FWIW, I hotplug regular sata all the time.
-Michael
Phill Coxon wrote:
I just b
On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 13:24:12 +1300
Phill Coxon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I just bought one of these nifty hot swappable esata drive bays:
>
> http://icute.com.tw/english/iSwap201.htm
>
> I want to use it for off site backups i.e.: backup to the drive, pop it
> out to take off site and replace w
I just bought one of these nifty hot swappable esata drive bays:
http://icute.com.tw/english/iSwap201.htm
I want to use it for off site backups i.e.: backup to the drive, pop it
out to take off site and replace with another drive.
Can anyone here confirm I'm right in thinking that I'll need to
