From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: sata_nv and RAID1
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 20:12:06 -0400
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To: Molle Bestefich <molle.bestefich@gmail.com>
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Molle Bestefich wrote:
> Bill Davidsen wrote:
> 
>>Molle Bestefich wrote:
>>
>>>So you don't care that your Linux system will deadlock if a PATA disk
>>>is removed, for instance?  Just an example, one that I've seen happen
>>>a couple of times.  Never seen it with Windows, it just tells you that
>>>the disk is gone.
>>
>>Actually I suspect most Linux users are smart enough not to pull a PATA
>>drive out while in use, and it works just fine if you offline the drive
>>before removal.
> 
> 
> That's not a good argument, other things can happen to throw a disk offline.
> Flaky IDE or power cables and disk failure come to mind.

Linux handles these just fine.

	Jeff