Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 07:55:48 -0800 From: richard childers <fscked@pacbell.net> To: 3phase <phase3@worldnet.att.net> Cc: Christopher Farley <chris@northernbrewer.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hot swap IDE device? Message-ID: <3AA26584.32590761@pacbell.net> References: <20010301112155.A5003@northernbrewer.com> <3AA01349.AE0F5D2B@pacbell.net> <058401c0a406$9f13ae00$4fa0480c@sisyphus2>
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A cool idea; I'm not in a position to try it, though ... -- richard 3phase wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "richard childers" <fscked@pacbell.net> > To: "Christopher Farley" <chris@northernbrewer.com> > Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 01:40 PM > Subject: Re: Hot swap IDE device? > > > I believe this would be possible provided that all filesystem(s) > > associated with that disk had been explicitly unmounted. > <> > > I'm not sure what would happen when the kernel encountered a > > different drive geometry, though, or if it would be able to become > > aware of it without a reboot, should you want to use this single > > bay for multiple devices (as your question suggests). > <> > > Would disklabel be able to do that or have I mis-read another > man page? > > It says it can update the kernel but I have not actually tried it. > > Is it possible to keep/make a few disk labels as files, load them for > the appropriate drive, and then mount the filesystem? > > Scott -- Richard A. Childers Senor UNIX Administrator fscked@pacbell.net (email) 203.556.8471 (voice/msgs) # Providing administrative expertise (not 'damage control') since 1986. # PGP fingerprint: 7EFF 164A E878 7B04 8E9F 32B6 72C2 D8A2 582C 4AFA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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