Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 07:45:21 -0400 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Hot Swapping SATA drive? Message-ID: <20882.9169.697806.928200@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <26657.1368506242@server1.tristatelogic.com> References: <26657.1368506242@server1.tristatelogic.com>
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Ronald F. Guilmette writes: > I bought one of these things awhile ago: > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004LXJXSW/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I believe I have a similar object, only a) external (eSATA), b) from a different manufacturer, and c) connected to a -CURRENT system. I use it as a backup device. > I just now tried to read up a little bit on all of this ACPI > stuff, but my eyes are starting to glaze over. So if someone > would answer these simple and obvious questions, I'd appreciate > it: > > 1) Given a system running FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE, is anything bad > gonna happen if I insert a drive into this thing while the system > is running? Will I be able to mount partitions contained on the > drive in question after I do so? That works for me. I need to re-scan the ata channel using "atacontrol" but once that happens it's fine. > 2) Given a system running FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE, is anything bad > gonna happen if I remove a drive from this thing while the system > is running, assuming that I have already properly umounted all > relevant partitions first? Nothing bad happened to me. > 3) Assuming that I want to do this stuff, what BIOS options > should I be setting or unsetting on the motherboard? I am unable to check the BIOS settings on that MB (which may be ASrock as well), but I don't believe I had to do anything other hand make sure eSATA was enabled. > Please excuse my ignorance, but I've never done this stuff > before. I remember the nerves when I tried this. You should be fine, Robert Huff
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