Re: DE and hot-swap disk caddies

Jos Hulzink
2002-03-28T09:34:25Z

On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Benjamin LaHaise wrote:

> What about the hot swap bays I've picked up that properly handle power
> up/down? If that is the only device on the bus and the interface is
> properly tristated, what prevents hot swap?
>
The fact it MIGHT work. I don't want to have to do anything with an OS
that tells me:

It might now be safe to unplug your IDE device and if you are lucky your
mainboard and drive are still alive.

When you need hotplug capability buy decent hardware.

Jos