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Date:      Thu, 18 Dec 2003 15:26:16 -0600
From:      Marc Wiz <marc@wiz.com>
To:        freebsd-firewire@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Hotplug?
Message-ID:  <20031218212616.GD51181@wiz.com>
In-Reply-To: <27378.193.14.163.194.1071750767.squirrel@mail.haas.se>
References:  <27378.193.14.163.194.1071750767.squirrel@mail.haas.se>

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On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 01:32:47PM +0100, mathias@haas.se wrote:
> Hello!
> Perhaps this is more of a filesystem question but I thought that maybe
> firewire-users have heard this question before.
> 
> I intend to buy an external firewire harddisk as a cheap backup for my
> customers FreeBSD-server. Does FreeBSD support hotplugging of fire-wire
> harddisks? (That is: Can I remove it while the filesystem is in use
> without unmounting it?) - Or should I go with some different kind of
> solution?

Mathias,

why would you remove the drive before umounting it?

Marc

-- 
Marc Wiz
marc@wiz.com
Yes, that really is my last name.



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