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From: Ed Sweetman <ed.sweetman@wmich.edu>
To: ertzog <ertzog@bk.ru>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: hot IDE change
Date: 23 Jan 2002 15:12:35 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1011816760.22707.0.camel@psuedomode> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0201232301090.1053-100000@dial-up-2.energonet.ru>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0201232301090.1053-100000@dial-up-2.energonet.ru>

On Wed, 2002-01-23 at 18:05, ertzog wrote:
> This question is more about hardware, but is also related to Linux.
> If I have a harddisk, plugged into the motherboard (IDE cable and power),
> can I turn it off, plugging out first power cable, then IDE cable.
> Can it harm harddisk or motherboard?
> If I can do it, then will Linux detect it back, if I make this 
> operation back: i.e. plug IDE cable, then power cable.
> 
> Best regards.


it's possible, yes.  and yes linux will do what you need to do.  The
question is can you do it without breaking anything.   


  reply	other threads:[~2002-01-23 20:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-01-23 23:05 hot IDE change ertzog
2002-01-23 20:12 ` Ed Sweetman [this message]
2002-01-23 20:56 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-01-23 21:18 ` Matus Horvath
2002-01-23 21:25 ` John Heil
2002-01-23 22:07 ` Wakko Warner
2002-01-24  9:19   ` Allan Sandfeld
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-01-23 21:14 Petr Vandrovec

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