Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: hot IDE change | From | Ed Sweetman <> | Date | 23 Jan 2002 15:12:35 -0500 |
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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.
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