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SubjectRe: hot(un)plugging IDE disks
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> PS: with racks come the want of being able to have a linux disk that be
> bootable independently from its IDE *and* BIOS numbers. I see no way
> to nicely satisfy _both_ constraints in the way things are done currently.

One of the boxes that passed briefly past me when I did some work on it
was a rack PC with swappable IDE disk that could boot off /dev/hdc if
hda was not present. Very nice and with a little lilo hackery it means it
can boot either disk on a failure.

> P^4S: hotplug/hotunplug support could be a great addition to the Linux
> software RAID drivers... "Using Linux, transform inexpensive vanilla
> hardware into reliable RAID arrays that you can service without rebooting".
> THAT would be a great slogan!

We support scsi hot swap. If your bays do. Don't try it otherwise. You can
blow the terminator fuses and worse


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