Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 27 Mar 2002 16:27:18 -0800 (PST) | From | Andre Hedrick <> | Subject | Re: DE and hot-swap disk caddies |
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On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Alan Cox wrote:
> I would imagine Dell have stuff there to do electrical isolation, or that > they have parts of the IDE controller built into the actually removable drive > unit itself. With additional electronics you can safely do IDE hot plugging, > but you do need the electronics and the host co-operation.
You are on the money now!
It requires more than what the average joe OS can do on its own.
Cheers,
Andre Hedrick LAD Storage Consulting Group
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