On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 12:20:25 -0500, Joseph Mack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Brian Daniels wrote:
are these hot swappable?
Thanks Joe
The last PCI IDE controller card I bought advertised "Hot pluggable" on the box. For a PCI IDE card, it's (essentially) a given that it's going to be an internal installation. I was skeptical, and I care about my data too much to try it.. I have been known to pull the power connector on a live IDE drive from time to time (being careful to not do so during a write) with no perceivable ill effects to the data, although at least in Windows, its sudden disappearance (apparently whether or not it's 'mounted') can throw the OS into fits (I never did this on "C:".. just on "D:" and an unmounted ext3-partitioned drive)..
My marginally-educated $0.02. :-)
~B
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