Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 25 Mar 2002 13:20:46 -0800 (PST) | From | Andre Hedrick <> | Subject | Re: IDE and hot-swap disk caddies |
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On Mon, 25 Mar 2002, Wakko Warner wrote:
> > > The way you say that makes me think that it does support at some other > > > level... hot swap controller? Doesn't match MY hardware. Hot swap > > > > Controller level hotswap works mostly (think about pcmcia ide for example) > > Just to throw this out there. Is it possible to make the ide subsystem look > like a scsi controller ? that way the scsi layer could insert/remove > devices. say: ide0/1 = scsi0 (assuming no other scsi controllers) and hda = > scsi0 channel0 id0 lun0 and hdc = scsi0 channel1 id0 lun0 ... > > Personally, if it's doable, i'd like it.
Hardware is different. You can paint a goose yellow and call it a duck, but it is still a goose. The electrical/electronic interface will kill you!
Cheers,
Andre Hedrick LAD Storage Consulting Group
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