From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jim Paris Subject: Re: Port multiplier Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:35:54 -0400 Message-ID: <20060828153554.GA4471@jim.sh> References: <44F2984F.6030100@clear.net.nz> <44F2EA27.9090603@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from NEUROSIS.MIT.EDU ([18.95.3.133]:29411 "EHLO neurosis.jim.sh") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750719AbWH1PgF (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:36:05 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44F2EA27.9090603@gmail.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Tejun Heo Cc: Richard Scobie , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Tejun Heo wrote: > Richard Scobie wrote: > > >Can I unmount the connected and mounted array and just unplug the array > >with no further concern? > > The machine will survive and detach the device correctly but > yet-unwritten data will be lost. He said he'll unmount it first, so presumably that should avoid most data loss? I suppose if you're in the middle of a RAID resync, or just ran fdisk or fsck or similar, you could still have unflushed data. Does that mean that hot-unplug is not recommended, and one should always do warm-unplug instead? -jim