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From: Molle Bestefich <molle.bestefich@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: sata_nv and RAID1
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 01:18:58 +0200
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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.